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Wash Hands

Wash your hands in hot water for about a minute.

This will increase blood circulation in your fingers.

Dry your hands.

Doing a blood test without stimulating blood circulation might prove difficult, so please do not skip this step.

Note: Doing a blood test without stimulating blood circulation might prove difficult, so please do not skip this step.

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Prepare Lancet

Remove the protective cover on the blood lancet.

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Disinfect Finger

Disinfect your “test finger” with the supplied disinfectant paper.

Wait a few seconds until the finger is completely dry.

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Prick Finger

Place your hand on a flat surface.

Put the lancet diagonally toward the test finger and press down the button.

Make sure the lancet is pressed against the finger the whole time.

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Stimulate Blood Flow

We recommend that you stand up at this stage to let the blood in your arm flow downward.

Help the blood drops come out by massaging the finger toward the needle stick.

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Collect Blood

Without squeezing the capillary dropper bulb, put it in contact with the blood. The blood migrates into the capillary dropper.

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Add Blood

Add the blood collected into the sample well of the casette, by squeezing the the bulp.

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Add Buffer

Add 1 drop of buffer into the sample swell casette

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Wait

Wait for 10 minutes.

Note: Results are invalid after 30 minutes.

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Positive Results

Both the C band and the T band are visible, regardless of whether the T band is strong or faint.

This indicates that syphilis antibodies have been detected.

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Negative Result

Only a clear C band is visible.

This indicates that syphilis antibodies have not been detected.

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Invalid Result

No colored C band appears, regardless of whether the T band is visible.

A retest is recommended.