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Trekologer

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8. control and test

Reply to Takket (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 22, 2021, 12:17 AM

Dec 2021

The control line indicates that the test strip worked properly. If the control line doesn't appear, it indicates that the strip was faulty, even if the test line appears. A test is only positive if both control and test lines appear.

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