At-Home Rapid COVID Tests May Expire Sooner Than You Think
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COVID test kits have a limited shelf life. What happens if you use one past its date? Here's what to know before you swab.
If you’ve been stockpiling COVID-19 test kits in your cabinet, or recently received your free tests from the government, you might want to take note of their use-by dates, as most kits expire within a year.
But even if your kit’s expiration date is approaching, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s time to trash it. Most of the expiration dates initially listed on the packaging labels were a prudent estimate based on preliminary stability tests. Over the past couple of years, additional testing has been conducted to determine the true shelf life of the various at-home tests, and, as a result, many test manufacturers have updated their products’ expiration dates.
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