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ABON™ HIV 1/2/O Tri-line Human

Immunodeficiency Virus Rapid Test Device Check kit contents. You will also need a
sharps bin, timer, gloves and dry swab
(Whole Blood/Serum/Plasma) which are not provided in the kit.

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Confirm product name. Check that the Check expiry date on pouch and buffer. If Put on gloves. Use new gloves for each
package is still sealed and not damaged. expired do not use. Open just before use. patient.

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Write the patients identification code or Wipe the patient’s finger with alcohol. Remove the cap from the lancet and
number on the test. Alcohol must be air dry before pricking. dispose of in the sharps bin.

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Press the lancet against the side of the Wipe the first drop of blood with sterile
finger and dispose in a sharps bin. gauze or cotton swab.
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Use the specimen dropper for fingerstick
whole blood. The blood will draw in by
capillary action. Do not touch or squeeze
the bulb. Immerse the open end into the
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blood drop and allow for the blood to draw
into the specimen dropper up to the
marked line.

Cover the two airholes on the sample bulb with your
fingers. Squeeze all of the blood into the specimen well.
Note
• Dispose of the lancet in a sharps bin
immediately after use.
• Dispose of the specimen dropper in a
biohazardous waste bag after use
• Dispose of the used test device in the
biohazardous waste bag after reading it.
Add two (2) drops of buffer to the • Apply universal precautions. Treat all
specimen well. materials as infectious. Wear Gloves.

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INTERPRETATION

10 Min

Time the test and read test results at 10

minutes. Results are no longer valid after Positive Negative Invalid
20 minutes.

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