How It Works
- Receive your test kit in the post.
- Clean your finger and use the finger prick lancet to release blood.
- Fill the capillary dropper with blood up to the black line.
- Squeeze the blood into the sample well on the test cassette.
- Allow the blood to absorb and add two drops of single use buffer to the sample well.
- Wait 10 minutes for the results to appear. NOTE: Do not interpret before 10 minutes or after 20 minutes as the results may be inaccurate.
It is a rapid test for the detection of hypothyroidism. TSH rapid test assesses the presence of elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH, >5μIU/mL levels in a whole blood sample. The thyroid plays a central role in the control of your metabolism.
In this test procedure, the anti-TSH antibody is immobilised in the test line region and coated particles, respectively. After a specimen is added to the specimen well of the device, it reacts with anti-TSH antibody-coated particles in the test. This mixture migrates chromatographically along the length of the test and interacts with the immobilised anti-TSH antibody. Positive specimens react with the specific anti-TSH antibody-coated particles to form a coloured line at the test line region of the membrane.