Objectives

Home test kits are medical devices that can be purchased from pharmacies to take home and test, screen or monitor a variety of different conditions or diseases.

Most test kits involve taking a sample of bodily fluid (e.g., blood, urine, saliva, sperm, stool) to provide a quick result in the comfort of a patient's own home.

Areas covered in this module include:

• Advantages to both the patient and the pharmacy when using community pharmacy test kits at home
• Different text kits routinely available including:
  
  • Blood Pressure (BP) Screening
  • Flu Tests
  • Strep Tests
  • Blood Glucose tests
  • COVID-19 testing
  • Cholesterol Screenings
  • 2SAN  test kits iavailable fron Numarknet at the following link 2SAN test kits : Vitamin D Deficiency, Bacterial Vaginosis, Urinary Tract Infections, Hypothyroidism, Stomach Ulcer, Menopause Symptom, Male Fertility, Iron Deficiency, Drugs of Abuse self-test and Bowel Cancer Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) 

After completing this module you will have a greater understanding of the common test kits available in community pharmacy, what they are testing for and an awareness of how the test is carried out.