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Using a Rapid COVID antigen test at home, you can find out if you have tiny bits of the virus that causes COVID-19 in your nose or throat. You can conduct rapid antigen tests at home without sending them to a lab.
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The COVID-19 Testing services we offer in Orange County are a convenient, safe way to get tested at your home. • COVID-19 tests can sometimes be done entirely at home, without the need to go to the lab. • Those with positive test results can take immediate action, such as staying at home and avoiding other household members as much as possible. • If you decide to take your COVID-19 test at home, this information can help you decide whether it is the right choice for you and how to prepare for it.
What type of COVID-19 testing can you do at home? • The tests like antibody and rapid antigen at-home testing services are available in Orange County. Orange County has a highly-skilled, licensed, and experienced team of analysts. We use FDA-approved kits and ECL Technology to perform the COVID test. • COVID-19 tests currently approved for at-home use:
To determine if you have COVID, we offer at home COVID antibody testservices, in which a sample taken from your nose, throat, or saliva (spit) is tested for the presence of the virus’ genetic material. • You can complete a molecular test at home without having to go to the lab. All other at-home molecular tests require mailing saliva or nasal sample to a lab and getting results back in 24 to 72 hours. • If you order a test through Orange County COVID testing center, you will receive a saliva test at home. • Using a Rapid COVID antigen test at home, you can find out if you have tiny bits of the virus that causes COVID-19 in your nose or throat. You can conduct rapid antigen tests at home without sending them to a lab.
Can these tests be trusted? • Molecular tests performed in a laboratory are very reliable. At-home antibody testsare also reported to be reliable. • Antigen tests are less accurate than molecular tests. Antigen tests are around 80% accurate for people with symptoms of COVID-19. • Some people have a negative test result even though they have an active infection. • There are very few false-positive test results or test results that say you have COVID-19 when you do not. • Both of these tests are available in Orange County, but the Antibody test is considered the gold standard to diagnosing Coronavirus.
A test at home showed a negative result for COVID-19, despite my symptoms. What should I do now? • It is best to stay home until your symptoms improve (i.e., at least 24 hours without fever and other symptoms improving). • If you are still ill or if your condition worsens, ask your health care provider or go to an Orange County testing site if you need a COVID-19 test. • At-home antigen tests can be falsely negative.
If my at-home test is negative, can I safely go out in public without a mask, social distancing, or practicing hand hygiene? • When you are out during this pandemic, wear a mask, stay 6 feet or more away from those who do not live in your home, and practice hand hygiene. • This will protect you and others. • People who test negative may still have an active infection because antigen tests are not accurate enough to detect every person with an active infection. • We do not yet have enough data on-at-home molecular tests to know how often these tests happen. For this reason, you still must practice recommended precautions to protect others and yourself.
What is the importance of reporting my at-home result? • To stop this pandemic, we need to know where COVID-19 cases are occurring. • At home, you are the laboratory when you take the COVID-19 test. • It is your responsibility to let public health organizations in your local area, county, and state know about your positive test result, so that we can continue to monitor virus transmission communities. • Together we can stop the transmission of this virus from person to person.
Please schedule an appointment with Orange County for At home antibody or antigen testing. • We are dedicated to protecting our community from this virus. • Call us at (714) 485-6555 and get tested to save your and other’s lives!
