PRODUCT DETAIL
SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND STORAGE
Whole Blood Specimens
1. Clean the area to be lanced with alcohol prep pad.
2. Squeeze the fingertip and pierce it with the sterile lancet.
3. Wipe away the first drop of blood with sterile gauze or cotton.
4. Using a disposable pipette, collect blood from the puncture site.The whole blood may be used for testing immediately or may be refrigerated at 2-8℃ up to three days. Specimens that have been refrigerated must be brought and equilibrated to room tempera ture prior to testing.
Serum or plasma Specimens
1. Centrifuge whole blood to get plasma or serum specimen.
2. If serum is not tested immediately, it should be refrigerated at 2-8℃. For storage period greater than three days, freezing is recommended. Such specimen should be brought and equilibrated to room temperature prior to use.
3. Serum containing precipitate may yield inconsistent test results. Such specimens must be clarified prior to assaying.
TEST PROCEDURE
1. Remove test cassette from the sealed pouch just prior to the testing and lay flflat on workbench.
2. Reverse the sample extraction tube, and add 3 drops sample by squeezing the extracted solution tube into the sample window.
3. Wait for colored line(s) to appear. Interpret the test results in 15 minutes. Do not read results after 20 minutes.
INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
Positive: A color band in the quality control area (C) and a color band in the T area.
* Note: The color bands in the test area (T) may appear in different shades of color. However, within the specified observation time, no matter the color of the color band is dark or light, even if there is only a very weak color band, it should be judged as a positive result.
Negative: Only one color band appears in quality control area (C), no color band appears in test area (T). Negative results indicated that no substance under test could be tested in the specimen.
Invalid: No color stripe appears in the quality control area (C), the result is considered invalid. Some causes of invalid results are because of not following the directions correctly or the test may have deteriorated beyond the expiration date. In any case, it should be retested. If the problem persists, stop using this lot number immedi ately and contact with your local supplier.
