NEW DELHI: To strengthen the continuing combat in opposition to the lethal coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given a inexperienced sign to a home-based speedy antigen testing (RAT) kit for COVID-19.
The new ICMR-approved self-testing kit known as CoviSelf. CoviSelfTM(PathoCatch) COVID-19 OTC Antigen LF machine has been manufactured by Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd, Pune (Maharashtra), India. It has been validated and authorized by the ICMR.
What are the ICMR guidelines?
The ICMR has made it clear that solely symptomatic people and fast contacts of people that examined constructive within the laboratory ought to use the house check kit. “Home testing by RAT is advised only in symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases. Indiscriminate testing is not advised,” the ICMR mentioned.
“All symptomatic people who check adverse by RAT ought to get themselves instantly examined by RT-PCR. This is very vital because the RATs are seemingly to miss few constructive circumstances presenting with a low viral load,’’ the ICMR advisory mentioned.
“All RAT negative symptomatic individuals may be treated as suspect COVID-19 cases and are advised to follow the ICMR/Ministry of Health home isolation protocol while awaiting the RT-PCR test result,” the advisory acknowledged.
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Where to discover this dwelling testing cellular app?
The ICMR mentioned the house testing cellular app is on the market in Google play retailer and Apple retailer and have to be downloaded by all customers, including that the cellular app is a complete information of the testing process and can present a constructive or adverse check end result to the affected person.
How to use this dwelling testing kit
All customers are suggested to click on an image of the check strip after finishing the check process with the identical cell phone which has been used for downloading the cellular app and consumer registration.
“Data in the app of your mobile phone will be centrally captured in a secure server which is connected with the ICMR COVID-19 testing portal, where all data will be eventually stored. Patient confidentiality will be fully maintained,” the advisory underlined.
Key issues to know in regards to the dwelling testing speedy antigen testing kit
-Only a nasal swab can be required for this speedy antigen testing.
-The kit comes with a pre-filled extraction tube, a sterile nasal swab, one check card, and a biohazard bag.
-The individual endeavor the check could have to obtain the Mylab coviself app on their cell phone.
-The cellular app is a complete information of the testing process and can present a constructive or adverse check end result to the affected person.
-There can be two sections on the check card—the management part and the check part.
-If the bar exhibits up solely on the management part ‘C’, the result’s adverse, and if the bar seems on each the management part and check (T) part, the check is constructive.
-A constructive check will take about 5 to 7 minutes, and a adverse end result will take quarter-hour max
(Based on ICMR guidelines)
