While it may be tempting to turn all those plastic trays of spit and snot into modern art, a physician said this morning that people should not frame their disposable COVID-19 test kits.
Pakpoom Dechhatsadin shared a picture of a four by nine grid of ATK tests – all negative – framed like a work of art. He warned that this is not a medically sound idea, as all used ATKs should be considered contaminated.
“ATK testing kits are considered infectious waste because they are contaminated with the snot and saliva used for testing,” he said.
He said it doesn’t matter if they yielded negative results.
“Whether it shows two lines or a single line, it should be handled the same way because it may be a false negative,” he said. “Stored ATKs are also a source of infection, not just COVID, but other types of infection could possibly spread as…
