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What if I didn’t collect my blood sample correctly?
What if I didn’t collect my blood sample correctly?
Dr Haya Al Khatib avatar
Written by Dr Haya Al Khatib
Updated over a week ago

The main things to avoid when doing your finger prick blood test are:

  • Using hand sanitiser, shaving cream, hair gel or lotion on your hands

  • Not washing your hands

  • Underfilling the card.

  • Overfilling the card.

  • Squeezing your finger

What should my blood card look like?

Here’s what the perfect card looks like immediately after completing it:

Here is what to avoid

If you’re worried about your blood card or the test hasn’t gone according to plan, please reach out to us using the chat feature in the app. You are more than welcome to send a photo of your blood card to the team for confirmation too.

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