💡 If you are looking for detailed sampling instructions, activate your test online and follow the step-by-step visual sampling instructions.
Depending on your test kit, the sampling method is:
From the finger, using lancets - or:
From the arm, using sampling devices
Finger
Blood is taken from the finger using a small lancet:
With the following tips, you will take your blood sample like a pro:
Drink enough water beforehand, so you're starting off well hydrated
Warm your hand under very warm water for 3-4 minutes or take a bath / hot shower before taking your sample
Firmly press the back of your finger to a stable surface like a table when making a cut with the lancet
Press the lancet firmly against your finger
Stand, with your arm hanging down, so that gravity can also do its work
Release pressure on your finger tip after every drop of blood and wait for 10-15 seconds before applying pressure again. This way, you make sure that more blood can flow into your finger tip.
If, for whatever reason, it didn't work out, contact us on the chat.
Arm
Sampling from the arm takes place using a TAP sampling device*:
With the following tips, you will take your blood sample like a pro:
Drink enough water beforehand, so you're starting off well hydrated
Stimulate the blood flow in your arm by heating up the sampling spot with the heatpad for at least 4 minutes
After sticking the sampling device to the arm firmly, make sure to press the blue button all the way, without hesitation
After you've triggered the sampling, don't touch the device or the skin around it anymore
Give it 4 minutes for the sampling vial to fill up. Stop earlier if the sampling vial is about to overflow.
Close the lid of the vial immediately after sampling and turn it upside down 10 times. If the blood doesn't mix, poke the vial till it does
If, for whatever reason, it didn't work out, contact us on the chat. Mind you that we charge a cost contribution of CHF 20 for a replacement test kit.
* If you have an older test kit, with a Tasso sampling device, the same tips apply. The button is red instead of blue (see pictures), the heating time is 2 minutes and the waiting time 5 minutes.
