Health Minister Carey announced that our country has entered a comprehensive wave of Omicron infection, in addition to accelerate the administration of booster, people are also worried their own health status, including the use of self test kit to reduce the spread of the virus.
Some people on the Internet complaining about inaccurate test results. It is very likely because you did not use the right method to test! At present, the public health Malaysia stated on Facebook, 1 hour before the test, must be careful to avoid doing the following 5 things, otherwise it may damage saliva samples and lead to inaccurate test results.
The 5 things you shouldn’t do before self test
1. Don’t eat or drink
2. Do not brush your teeth
3. No smoking
4. No gum chewing
5. Do not use mouthwash, use water to clean off food debris