First Step

 

Place your order by calling 01 2022701or via our online shopping site www.yorktest.ie You will receive your First Step Food Intolerance Test within 5 working days. All tests are designed to fit through letter boxes so there will be no delay in receiving it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your test kit will include:

Blood collection kit
Prepaid return envelope
Instructions for use
Customer details form and pen

 

 

 

 

Complete the customer details form.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write your name and the date clearly on the side of the plastic wand container with the pen provided.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wash your hands thoroughly in warm water and dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wipe the side of your finger or thumb with the antiseptic wipe provided and allow to dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firmly grasp the head and green cover of the lancet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twist and pull the cover of the lancet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place the lancet against the side of your finger or thumb and press the green plunger quickly  to puncture the skin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold your hand at waist level (or lower than heart) and massage finger or thumb from base to the tip to produce a large droplet of blood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold the wand by the plastic cover and allow the blood to soak up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The wand must be red throughout, showing it is completely full. We need this to be full as it contains the precise amount of blood needed for testing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Immediately place the full wand inside the wand container.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put the sample and the lancet (for safe disposal) back inside the plastic YORKTEST box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to our laboratory in the pre-paid plastic envelope provided within two days. Please also remember to enclose your completed customer details form.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post your pack and receive your results within 10 days.