Find out why Rapid Testing for Antigens and Antibodies is the game changer in controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic and why it is the only solution for mass screening in care homes, universities, prisons, schools and businesses.

1. Rapid Testing is ideally suited for regular
monitoring of staff and can be conducted
anywhere without specialist equipment.
Many organizations around the World are
now using rapid test programmes to
screen their workforce and residents for
COVID-19.
This is becoming the new normal
Have you got it or have you had it – find out in 15
Minutes
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2. It is VERY easy to catch and to spread
It can be spread by people who have no symptoms and don’t know they are
infected and potentially infectious
It can cause a very unpleasant death
If you recover it may disable you for the rest of your life: This is called Long COVID
It’s prevalence in the Workplace causes economic damage, disruption and
exceptional decontamination costs
It’s prevalence in the community destroys the economy of that area
It’s causes huge collateral damage as overburdened health systems pause other
life saving activities
Fear of COVID has severe mental health consequences in many people
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3. SARS-CoV-2, the Virus that causes COVID-19 spreads
between people and between animals and people when an
uninfected person inhales virus-laden exhaled droplets, it can
also spread by aerosol transmission, or surface transmission.
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4. 38% of infections come from symptomatic people
46% of infections come from pre symptomatic people
(Not detected by Government testing)
6% of infections come from an asymptomatic people
(Not detected by Government testing)
And 10% comes from touching contaminated
surfaces
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NB: It’s possible that asymptomatic people are less infectious than symptomatic people but this is not confirmed.
There are considerably more asymptomatic infected people. The UK Government stated recently that up to 80 % of infections
may be asymptomatic and therefore would not be tested by the Government

5. Because COVID-19 is so easy to catch it is very easy
to pass on and like all pandemics it spreads
exponentially which means that in theory, without
controls everyone in the World could become infected
pretty quickly
The best way to explain this is the famous story of the
chess board and the wheat.
Imagine putting a grain of wheat on the first square of
a chessboard, two on the second, four on the third
and so on, twice the amount on each further square.
By the 33rd square there would be 8,589,934,591
grains of wheat, more than there are people in the
World. Now apply this to the spread of COVID-19
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6. It’s critical to break the chain of transmission before it
even gets started - especially in closed communities
including:
Residential care homes
Business premises
Prisons and other remand facilities
Schools and Universities
Cruise and other Ships
Hospitals
Homeless, Abuse and other transitional shelters
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7. It’s essential to discover if people have COVID 19 BEFORE they get
symptoms. This is because they are infectious from 1-2 days BEFORE
they have symptoms.
If you wait for them to get symptoms they could already have infected
EVERYONE in the community.
Only Antigen testing is cheap enough to do this and provides results at the
point of care
Only antigen testing gives a positive result at the point of care in 15
Minutes
The commonly used PCR test can take up to 7 days to provide
a result which is too long
The commonly used PCR test is too expensive and resource intensive (it
must be processed in a laboratory)
Combined Antigen and Antibody testing is the only solution for mass screening available today
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Due to the possibility of false negatives, Antigen tests should not be relied on as an “All Clear” for COVID-19 but should be
Confirmed with a PCR test if required. Positive results can be considered definative and should be treated notified to the
relevant Government body and test and trace system.

9. The Government PCR test can’t test as quickly as is needed to be effective
The Government PCR test can’t test pre symptomatic or asymptomatic people
The Government PCR test can’t tell if someone has had COVID-19 and may
have developed some immunity
The Government PCR test can’t be used for mass screening of communities
On the plus side:
The Government PCR test is slightly more accurate then antigen testing in
detecting negative results (people who do not have COVID-19)
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10. Test 1 : The Antigen swab test shows if you HAVE COVID-19
It works by detecting unique proteins that occur on the surface of the
coronnavirus.
During the incubation period after infection the virus lives in the upper
respiratory tract and can be sampled with a nasal swab.
This is diluted and added to the test card.
After 15 minutes the patient will know if they have COVID-19.
The Antibody finger prick test shows if you have HAD COVID-19
It works by detecting antibodies that occur in the blood as a response
to the coronavirus infection.
A finger prick draws a drop of bllood which is added to the test card.
After 15 minutes the patient will know if they have had COVID-19.
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11. Employers, employees and residents need to know very quickly and accurately if COVID-
19 is prevalent in their community, the Government test program cannot do this
Rapid testing catches the 52% of infected people the Government test never sees
(Pre and Asymptomatic)
Rapid testing results benefit the mental health of employees
Rapid testing shows you are serious about COVID-19 security
Screening for COVID-19 is an important part of any occupational
medicine surveillance programs.
Screening should be conducted to detect transmission hot spots,
or to better understand disease trends in a workplace.
Screening helps assess factors that place employees at risk
Screening lets you evaluate the effectiveness of your workplace infection control
programs.
Rapid testing reduces the burden on the overstretched public health system
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