cov19 Test- does it have a date on it? whats it look like? How many tests can you have?/fromGov site

Karen_taris

(when registering the test through the Gov website)

1) When you book a covid 19 test, from the Gov website at one of your local centres (walk in or car)

2) What exactly is the test? something you put in your mouth?

3) What does the result look like? (a colour showing positive or negative)?

4) Does this test have the date on it, that you have taken the test, or is there anything which shoes the date that you have taken the test on this day (paperwork etc)?

5) If it shows negative/ or inconclusive pr negative can you keep having tests (every few weeks) if you get symptoms?

ie - is there a limit on the amount of tests you can take within 6 months? 

6) How many tests have you had so far, for yourself? (if more than 1))

7) I know this depends on the centre, but is there a que when you get one, or usually quite empty there

8) In the test centre, what is the procedure? 

9) If doing the Clinic walk in test (Not test to be taken in your car ) who do you meet there who gives you the test? a nurse? and where do you conduct the test, in the room?  

10)  If doing the Clinic walk in test (Not test to be taken in your car ) can you take the test home and do it there?
or you have to go back into the clinic and tell them the result?

11) When your test result comes, do they email a copy of the result ? do they text you a copy of the result?

12) After doing the test, what can be bought home as proof that you have done the test, paperwork? an email? a text?

Please answer as many of my concerns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10, 11, 12  as you can xx

If  you can answer all 10 would be excellent.
Thank you xxxx

MalMonroe

Do you think that you need a test?
You can google to find out the answers to your questions, as here : 

https://www.fromemedicalpractice.co.uk/covid-19-if-you-think-you-are-infected

https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-tests-and-testing-kits-for-coronavirus-covid-19-work/for-patients-the-public-and-professional-users-a-guide-to-covid-19-tests-and-testing-kits

There is a load of information on the internet, everything you could wish to learn.

Karen_taris

I appreciate that, but some of my questions concerns, I cannot find the info more,  hence asking them questions.
Please have a go and give answers to the questions you know.

thank you xxx

waamo

1. Isn't a question do I will move on

2. Its a swab that you put in the back of your throat and up your nose.

3. A lateral flow test looks like a pregnancy test. There are two lines marked C and T. C is negative T is positive. Both together is inconclusive.

A pcr test is like a test tube and is sent off to a lab. You get the results about 2 days later.

4. Yes.

5. Yes

6. Sorry stopped counting at 20. 

7, 8, 9 and 10. No idea sorry I've never been to a test centre.

11. Both text and email.

12. See 11.

Grumpy_chap

7) I know this depends on the centre, but is there a que when you get one, or usually quite empty there
I can only comment on the 2 tests we had and the local centre.  No queue to be concerned with, maybe one or two infront, but multi-lane system.  You drive in, show your number and then get passed everything through the car window.

8) In the test centre, what is the procedure? 
You drive in, show your number and then get passed everything through the car window. 
Then drive to a park area and do the test yourself before placing it back into a collection receptacle.
OR, there are sometimes people that can do an assisted test, so they insert the swab for you.

Nebulous2

waamo said:

3. A lateral flow test looks like a pregnancy test. There are two lines marked C and T. C is negative T is positive. Both together is inconclusive.

Well done for having the patience to answer all of that. 
C is negative. 
C and T, even a faint T is positive. 
T on its own or no lines at all is inconclusive and needs repeating. 
About 6 minutes 40 on this video. 
 Lateral flow Covid-19 staff testing - Barts Health NHS Trust

JamoLew

Nebulous is correct

waamo

Nebulous2 said:

waamo said:

3. A lateral flow test looks like a pregnancy test. There are two lines marked C and T. C is negative T is positive. Both together is inconclusive.

Well done for having the patience to answer all of that. 
C is negative. 
C and T, even a faint T is positive. 
T on its own or no lines at all is inconclusive and needs repeating. 
About 6 minutes 40 on this video. 
 Lateral flow Covid-19 staff testing - Barts Health NHS Trust

Yes sorry it was the early hours of the morning and I didn't have the instructions in front of me. My bad.

Kseniya

JamoLew said:

Nebulous is correct

Hello. where did you get this information? and where should these stripes appear? right in the process of taking data from the mouth, for example? I did the test, but immediately on the spot on the stick that the data sampling is done, nothing came out, only the color changed to pinkish (when the stick was already in the bottle with the solution).

Nebulous2

Kseniya said:

JamoLew said:

Nebulous is correct

Hello. where did you get this information? and where should these stripes appear? right in the process of taking data from the mouth, for example? I did the test, but immediately on the spot on the stick that the data sampling is done, nothing came out, only the color changed to pinkish (when the stick was already in the bottle with the solution).

You probably had a test which had to go to the lab, not a lateral flow one. 

Watch the video on the link I provided. It explains how a lateral flow test is performed. 

JamoLew

Kseniya said:

JamoLew said:

Nebulous is correct

Hello. where did you get this information? and where should these stripes appear? right in the process of taking data from the mouth, for example? I did the test, but immediately on the spot on the stick that the data sampling is done, nothing came out, only the color changed to pinkish (when the stick was already in the bottle with the solution).

yes, sorry, that is for a lateral flow test - do them twice a week via work