Taking lateral flow tests regularly continues to be an important part of Scotland's fight against the spread of Covid. Coronavirus testing can help prevent the disease being passed on as a positive result means you must isolate for seven days if vaccinated and ten if not fully vaccinated.
This helps stop the spread as it gives you time to recover and reduced the transmissibility risks. However, there are some things that you may be doing wrong when carrying out those lateral flows.From storage to contamination risks, test accuracy can be put at risk.
Here are ten things you should avoid when testing using lateral flows.Lateral flow tests should be stored at a temperature between 2-30C.
They should also be stored away from direct sunlight. These conditions will preserve the integrity of the swab.Storing at high temperatures can cause the proteins in the test to be denatured which impacts the accuracy.
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