The Spanish IFU covers most of the US non-English speaking population (since Spanish is leading language in the USA after English).Ībbott’s European equivalent self test kit is called Panbio. We did manage to find the Spanish language IFU for BinaxNOW on the Abbott website. However, finding BinaxNOW IFUs in any language other than English is challenging. Abbott is a leading medical device company and is known to translate its IFUs into many languages. This is one of the best selling kits in the USA. Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self Test
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Luckily, many of the medical device manufacturers provide the IFU in other languages and you can find and download the IFU from the Internet. This has raised concerns in some parts of the world that due to the lack of translated instructions, many people are not performing the Antigen test correctly. It is important for those people to get the instructions in their own language. This makes it more difficult for them to self test for COVID. But there are millions of people in the US that don’t speak English as their first language and can’t read English well. If you buy the self-test kit in the USA, you will get the IFU in English. When you buy an Antigen self-test kit, a printed IFU is provided inside the product package. That’s why it is very important to carefully read the instructions for use (IFU) and perform the test procedure exactly as written. If not, the test may yield invalid results. These and other factors have resulted in a shortage of self-tests, with many suppliers reporting that they are out of stock.Īs anyone who has self-tested knows, the Antigen test must be done precisely in the prescribed sequence. Self-testing at home has become the norm for many people in the USA and internationally. But PCR tests involve considerably more effort and cost more money. Antigen tests are known to be much less accurate than PCR tests. The holiday season increased demand even more, as many people wanted to self-test before visiting family lest they transmit the virus (especially to old or infirm family members). Changes in government regulations have created a pent-up demand for home self-test kits. Ever since the Omicron variant of COVID-19 took the world by storm at the end of November 2021, the demand for Antigen self-test kits has skyrocketed.
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