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Should i be worried?
Hi, last week i tested two times with fingerprick rapid test 85 days after possible risk, the tests were negative, but when she was testing me she put my pricked finger on specimen well of test cassette so my blood touched the specimen pad and went into the device, is there any risk from my pricked bloody finger touching the sample well of rapid test? Today i got cold with sorethroat and runny nose with mild fever,
My other concern is that i am a curious person so i read the direction for use of that rapid test, for finger blood the manufacturer recommended two methods: 1- using a heparinized capillary tube to collect blood from finger and transfer it to the device, and 2- by hanging drops directly from finger to sample well of the device, which i think she applied this method to me,
But what is heparin? I read it is just kind of anticoagulant, what if it was a necessary substance for testing by blood rapid test? Although testing just by putting finger on test device without capillary tube was also recommended by manufacturer (it was testing procedure number 2), the rapid test was CE marked when i saw its pouch label, am i safe regarding all i said?
My other concern is that i am a curious person so i read the direction for use of that rapid test, for finger blood the manufacturer recommended two methods: 1- using a heparinized capillary tube to collect blood from finger and transfer it to the device, and 2- by hanging drops directly from finger to sample well of the device, which i think she applied this method to me,
But what is heparin? I read it is just kind of anticoagulant, what if it was a necessary substance for testing by blood rapid test? Although testing just by putting finger on test device without capillary tube was also recommended by manufacturer (it was testing procedure number 2), the rapid test was CE marked when i saw its pouch label, am i safe regarding all i said?
Protected vaginal sex with thin latex condom, but unsure about condom quality, unsure if i used condom from beginning of sex, and unsure it remained in place, but sure it did not tear because i climaxed in it,
Maybe it is not a noticeable risk, but was the rapid test reliable? I saw she proceeded testing according to manufacturer instructions but by method number 2 for blood from finger,
Maybe it is not a noticeable risk, but was the rapid test reliable? I saw she proceeded testing according to manufacturer instructions but by method number 2 for blood from finger,
No comment? It was a reputable brand of rapid test in many countries, is it as reliable as elisa 12 weeks post exposure?
1 And are tests conclusive 85 days post any incident?
2 in "hanging drops" method, the directions recommended to make drop fall into device, or touch the blood to device pad to get the 2 blood drops into it, this was done by her for me, am i really safe?
2 in "hanging drops" method, the directions recommended to make drop fall into device, or touch the blood to device pad to get the 2 blood drops into it, this was done by her for me, am i really safe?
1. Yes, you had no risk
2. I am not going to discuss testing methods because you want to question what a nurse did.
2. I am not going to discuss testing methods because you want to question what a nurse did.
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