This video will show you how to use your PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction test kit to check if you have COVID-19.
Some people with COVID-19 don't have any symptoms, but can still spread the virus to others.
By getting tested, it helps stop the spread of the virus and protects people around you.
Before you start, you need to register your PCR test.
The farm staff can help you to complete the online form.
You need to swab both your throat and your nose.
A swab is like a large cotton bud.
If you have had a nose bleed in the last 24 hours, swab the other nostril or wait 24 hours.
If you have a nose piercing, swab the other nostril.
If you have a piercing on both sides, remove the piercing on the side you are going to swab.
Before you begin, blow your nose, then wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds, or use hand sanitizer.
This is important.
Place your test kit on a clean surface, such as a table.
Your test kit should contain instructions, a swab,
a tube containing a small amount of liquid, which must remain in the tube,
clear ziplock bag with an absorbent pad, a biohazard bag,
a security sticker,
and a box.
There will be three stickers with identical barcodes already on the tube,
the biohazard bag, and the box.
Please check to make sure they match.
Remove the swab from the packet, from the stick end.
Do not touch the soft part of the swab or let it touch anything else.
Using a mirror, look inside your mouth and find your tonsils.
Your tonsils are the soft parts of the back of your throat.
It is important that you do not let the swab touch your teeth, tongue, or gums.
Holding the stick end of the swab, open your mouth and rub the soft end of the swab over both tonsils,
or where they would have been if they have been removed, for 10 seconds.
Remove the swab carefully without touching anything else inside of your mouth.
Take your time, most people find this a bit uncomfortable, and that is totally normal.
Now, put the same swab up one of your nostrils gently, until you feel resistance.
This is usually about 2.5 centimetres.
Once inside, rotate the swab for 10 to 15 seconds and remove slowly.
Keep holding the swab, it is really important the soft fabric tip does not touch anything
apart from the inside of your throat and nose.
This helps to get the right test result.
Unscrew the cap on your sample tube and insert the swab soft fabric end first into the tube.
Snap off the stick at the break point, screw the cap onto the tube tightly.
Wash your hands again.
Now put the absorbent pad into the ziplock bag, then place the tube in the same bag.
Close and seal the bag.
Next, put the ziplock bag into the biohazard bag.
Seal the bag using its silver seal.
Put the return box together, follow the instructions on the box.
Put the biohazard bag into the box, and close the box.
Apply the security seal, as directed on the box.
Some of the instructions also have a copy of the barcode on the front.
Please keep hold of this for reference.
You have now completed your PCR test.