Watch our short video and get clear on how to use your COVID test kit.
Or download our Instructions for Use leaflet.
Six steps for successful COVID test
It takes just six simple steps.
Order a COVID test
Buy your test and we’ll get it in the post straight away, unless you order a Test-to-Release, which will be dispatched on your Day 5.
Open your test kit
Inside you’ll find a nasal swab, tube inside a biohazard bag, Instructions for Use, Essential Checklist card and a prepaid Tracked 24 Royal Mail return envelope.
Activate your test
This step is really important – if you don’t activate your kit, we can’t process your results.
Collect your sample
Find full details exactly how to collect your sample in the Instructions for Use leaflet in your test kit pack, or watch our video above.
Please note, either not swabbing, or light swabbing will NOT return a negative result. If you do not collect enough cells, we are unable to extract sufficient RNA to get a result and your test will result in an Invalid test, which we are unable to provide a refund for.
Post back same-day
Put your sample back in the original box, then into the prepaid envelope. Make a note of the tracking number, then post it using your nearest Royal Mail Priority Postbox, find you nearest one here. Example below.
Get your results
Track your sample using the Royal Mail tracking number, and keep an eye on your inbox for your results. Once Royal Mail deliver to us and your sample has been input in our system, we will send you your test result within 24-48 hours.
How long does it take to get results?
How does the MyHealthChecked COVID test work?
Our COVID tests are what’s known as PCR diagnostic tests, or Real-Time PCR tests. They detect the presence of the virus at a molecular level. This method is more accurate and sensitive than lateral flow and antigen testing.
You provide a sample on a simple lower nasal swab. Sampling the lower nose is fine, it doesn’t have to be from the top or the back of the throat – so it doesn’t hurt and you don’t gag.
The sample is then preserved in a special vial – a PrimeStore® MTM is a molecular transport media which creates a “snapshot in time” by preserving and stabilising DNA and RNA in the sample.
Once it arrives at the lab, our scientists get to work, and your sample undergoes what’s called an extraction process. If the coronavirus is present, we can extract its genetic material – even if there’s only a tiny amount of that material. We can then detect the presence (or absence) of the virus’s genes using a ‘molecular’ method called Real-Time PCR.
Our COVID PCR tests are 99.9% accurate
These diagnostic tests offer real peace of mind, and are suitable for Fit-to-Fly and Test-to-Release.