These instructions (type 6) are for those test kits:
- Code TRIP – Gonorrhea smear test kit
- Code CHLA – Chlamydia smear test kit
Test instructions:
- Before starting the test, read these instructions through carefully.
- Remove the film from the test device just before you carry out the test.
- Components of the test kit:
- Test cassette
- Disposable pipette
- Test tube with lid
- Sterile swab
- Diluent A and diluent B
- Carrying out the test
- a) Women: With the sterile swab, take some vaginal discharge, and then place the swab inside the Vagina for 30 seconds. Then remove the swab.
b) Men: with the swab, take some discharge from the urethra. If there is no discharge, put the swab ca. 2-3 cm into the urethra and turn it several times. Afterwards remove the swab. - Put 6 drops of diluent A into the test tube. Add the swab.
- Now stir the fluid many times with the swab. Afterwards squeeze the fluid out of the swab carefully into the test tube. Now dispose of the swab.
- Put 2 drops of diluent B into the test tube as well. Put the lid on the tube and shake the solution until it is well mixed.
- Open the small sachet, take out the test device and lay it on a clean, level surface. The best results are obtained if the test is carried out within one hour. Take care not to touch or contaminate the well or the test strip.
- Now use the pipette to put 4 drops of the solution into the round tray in the cassette (marked with “S”).
- Wait until the red line(s) appear(s). It should be possible to read off the result after 10 – 20 minutes exactly. The result must not be read off after 30 minutes!
- a) Women: With the sterile swab, take some vaginal discharge, and then place the swab inside the Vagina for 30 seconds. Then remove the swab.
- Reading off the result:
In general the lines do not have to be exactly the same, one line can be a little lighter in colour than the other. In addition traces of blood may sometimes be visible in the test device, but they have no further effect on the result.- If you see a red line in test zone (T) as well as the control zone (C): this means you could be infected (see fig. a).
>>> Please consult a doctor as soon as possible and have the result compared with a laboratory test. - If you see a red line in the control zone (C) but no other line: this means you are not infected. If your symptoms persist, please repeat the test or consult a doctor (see fig. b).
- If you see a red line in the test zone but no line in the control zone (C): this means that the result is not valid. You should repeat the procedure with a new test kit and follow these instructions carefully (see fig. c).
- If you see no line of any sort: this means that the result is not valid. You should repeat the procedure with a new test kit and follow these instructions carefully (see fig. d).
- If you see a red line in test zone (T) as well as the control zone (C): this means you could be infected (see fig. a).
