Description
The Newfoundland Vitamin D Test measures the level of vitamin D in your blood. Using just a finger-prick sample of blood this at-home vitamin D test will give you results in just 10 minutes with clinically tested accuracy. It will tell you if your vitamin D levels are:
- Deficient
- Insufficient
- Sufficient
- Excess
What's in the pack?
1x Test Cassette
1x Capillary Dropper
1x Buffer
1x Alcohol Pad
2x Lancets
1x Colour Card
1x Plaster
1x Instructions for Use
Who should take a Vitamin D self-test?
Anyone at high risk of not getting enough vitamin D:
- Children aged 0 to 4.
- People who are not often outdoors.
- People who are in an institution like a care home.
- People who usually wear clothes that cover up their skin People with dark skin e.g. African, African-Caribbean or south Asian.
Anyone with symptoms of vitamin D deficiency such as:
- Persistent fatigue or tiredness.
- Bone pain.
- Muscle weakness.
- Muscle aches and cramps.
- Frequent illness or infections.
- Low mood or mood changes.
How to Use
- Remove the lancet cap.
- Clean the area to be pricked with the alcohol pad.
- Squeeze the end of the fingertip and prick it with the sterile lancet.
- Massage downward to obtain sample.
- Use dropper to obtain the correct amount of blood to the fill line.
- Squeeze the bulb to release the blood.
- Add 2 drops of buffer into the buffer well.
