BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) is aiming to provide training to 5,000 local health volunteers and scientists nationwide in order to instruct the public on how to use antigen test kits (ATKs) correctly.

 

DMS Director-General Dr. Supakit Sirilak said the department has started providing training to health volunteers and scientists working in Phitsanuloke province, under a project that will soon be expanded across the country.

 

He said the department is also working with the Federation of Thai Industries to train workers from 2,000 factories on how to use ATKs via an online platform. The training includes how to dispose of infected waste, read test results, how to coordinate with COVID-19 patients, conduct treatment plans and allocate ATKs.

 

Dr. Supakit said the DMS has implemented the "COVID-Free Setting" measure to encourage people to keep up their guard and arrange regular COVID-19 tests for employers. People considered at high risk of contracting the disease are to be tested with ATKs every three to five days, while those considered at low risk can test every seven days.

 

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You get a kit, open it, read the instructions, then perform test and read result!  Good grief, other countries trust their citizens to perform these tests at home, several times a week without the need for an expensive training programme!

 

1 hour ago, grandpa said:

You get a kit, open it, read the instructions, then perform test and read result!  Good grief, other countries trust their citizens to perform these tests at home, several times a week without the need for an expensive training programme!

 

Yeah but this is Thailand, nothing is easy and everyone must have instructions from a higher authority.

I agree - but you have to admit that as most Thais have inherited the ability to get their finger a fair distance up their nose anyway, surely shoving a cotton bud up their hooter should present very few additional difficulties.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

under a project that will soon be expanded across the country.

There is that word again "SOON"

3 hours ago, grandpa said:

You get a kit, open it, read the instructions, then perform test and read result!  Good grief, other countries trust their citizens to perform these tests at home, several times a week without the need for an expensive training programme!

 

Here it appears they will need a cartoon leaflet, with micky mouse showing how it should be done.

Just now, brianthainess said:

read the instructions,

There is the problem.

Instructor " No, No Pe Noi '

" You turn it upside down to read the result, that way they show Negative easier "