ARISTA COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test

Product Usage

I. Deep throat sputum (preferred method)
1. Best conducted first thing in the morning before rinsing your mouth or brushing your teeth
2. Unscrew the purple top from the dropper tube, cut or twist snap open the diluent vial and add 10 drops of solution into the dropper tube
3. Inhale deeply and exhale forcefully, repeat three times
4. Cough deep from within your chest to produce sputum
5. Spit your sputum (slight yellow/green colour) into the sputum dish
6. Use the sterile swab stick to mix and cover it fully with the sputum
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II. Throat & Tonsil swab method (alternative method)
1. The swabbing procedure should be conducted by a second person
2. Unscrew the purple top from the dropper tube, cut or twist snap open the diluent vial and add 10 drops of solution into the dropper tube
3. Remove the sterile swab stick from the wrapper being careful to avoid contacting the tip with any foreign surface
4. Instruct the person being tested to open his mouth and say “ahhh”. When swabbing children, it is advisable to depress their tongue with the back of a teaspoon for ease of application and additional safety
5. Swab the back of the throat including the left and right tonsil area, taking care not to contact the swab tip with any other part of the mouth