goodgirlbadhair Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Does anyone know where I can still pick up free Rapid Antigen Tests nearby? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprout Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Dulwich Library had some - only 1 box allowed Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1566972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodgirlbadhair Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Thank you! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprout Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Just been to Dulwich Library - none. Hopefully next week Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 It was still possible (26th Feb) to order these on line. But now only every 3 days, not daily as previously (for those with large families and a need to test). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AylwardS Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Lloyds pharmacy in Sainsburys had them yesterday. I got the standard two packs not the one the sign said they were giving out due to high demand.Getting them by post we got them the next day although it says it can be longer. They don?t seem to have been affected by problems with our post for other items. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I'm a bit confused.First the tests were throat and nose swabs.Then they were just nose (hooray!)Now they seem to have gone back to to throat and nose (boo).Are they just using up old stock, or what? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 It's old but useable stock :)You also don't need to do the throat if you can't. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprout Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Dulwich Library has some and not rationed! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 KalamityKel Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> It's old but useable stock :)> You also don't need to do the throat if you can't.Really? Does it still work with just the nose? I assumed they were totally different tests.I can do the throat but I hate doing it (well, I don't suppose anybody likes doing it!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Really? Does it still work with just the nose? I assumed they were totally different tests.I believe the pathogens appear earlier in the throat than the nose, so a full screen may pick up infection earlier - but if you are symptomatic the chances are that they are in the nose by then. So throat and nose are more thorough. So long as one bar appears you will know that the test 'has worked'. If you were prepared to 'waste' a test you could try just nose and then throat and nose on another slide to see if the results were the same. I suspect that for many, when they do both test sites, their throat swab was anyway ineffective - it's quite difficult to hit the right spot on yourself, so many apparent dual tests were actually really just a nose swab. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I've seen mention, much earlier, of swab sampling by medical staff having been more effective in picking up infections. Not surprising really, as they'll generally be more able and willing to do procedures which are maybe transiently unpleasant, like inducing a gag reflex or touching more sensitive parts of the upper nostril. I think I rememember doing a dry run myself, throat and nose, using a cotton bud, when self-administered PCR tests were first mentioned here. Personally, I'd much rather I got a widely based sample rather than doing it ineffectively.LFT pack sizes. I was surprised when I picked up my pack from a library, to find when I got home that it contained seven tests rather than one. That pack will probably be all I need. When I had a look at the ones in Dulwich Library several weeks ago, I saw they were packs of twenty. I worried about that being potentially wasteful for some folk, unless thay were willing and able to share their packs with others. Now, more so, when there'll be scope for minor black marketry when they're no longer free. OTOH, I don't doubt there are some households where there is a real need for ongoing multiple tests. Have any usage figures been published anywhere?"Usable". I checked before getting a pack. The buffer solution has a declared shelf life of two years. May as well check about fridge storage, before any warm weather arrives. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1567810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonaome Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Does anyone have an update on where tests can currently be picked up?I'll wander down to Grove Vale library tomorrow but it's quite a schlep so if anyone knows the latest, much appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1568691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley_blue_1234 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I ordered one online sunday evening at 11pm and received it this morning, it is quite convenient Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1568815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladygooner Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Sainsbury's have them but you need to book a collection on line through the government website Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1568921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilsbury Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Anyone know of any lateral flows available locally? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1570864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVM Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Dulwich Library they let you take as many as you like take 20 and give them to friends and neighbours. They won't be available after 1st April!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1571265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 > Dulwich Library they let you take as> many as you like take 20 and give them> to friends and neighbours. Do you mean they're splitting the boxes of 20, or allowing people to take as many boxes o0f 20 as they want, or ... / Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1571292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprout Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Each box has 7 tests Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1571295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVM Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 😁 They're allowing people to take as many as they like. 1 pack contains 7. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1571744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Some staff were recently handing out as many as you could carry.Today (different person) they were rationing people to three boxes each. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1572370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctovey Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 I have just been able to order a box of Lateral Flow Tests on line on the Gov.UK website Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1572548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growlybear Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 I ordered some on the website yesterday and they arrived this morning. I was really surprised! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1573137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresswaves Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Yes I ordered free Lateral Flow Tests on the gov.uk site yesterday. Being delivered today. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/304133-rapid-antigen-tests/#findComment-1573210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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