Ukuze kwenziwe “ukuchonga kwangethuba, ukwahlukaniswa kwangethuba kunye nonyango kwangethuba”, iRapid Antigen Test (RAT) inika amaqela ahlukeneyo abantu izixhobo zokuvavanya. Injongo kukuchonga abo basulelekileyo kunye nokuqhawula imixokelelwane yokudlulisela ngokukhawuleza.

I-RAT yenzelwe ukubona ngokuthe ngqo iiproteni ze-SARS-CoV-2 virus (ii-antigens) kwiisampuli zokuphefumla. Yenzelwe ukufumanisa ii-antigens ezisemgangathweni kwiisampuli ezivela kubantu abarhanelwa ukuba banezifo. Ngenxa yoko, kufuneka isetyenziswe kunye neziphumo zengcaciso yeklinikhi kunye nezinye iimvavanyo zelebhu. Uninzi lwazo lufuna iisampuli ze-swab yempumlo okanye ye-nasopharyngeal okanye iisampuli zamathe omphimbo onzulu. Uvavanyo kulula ukulwenza.