Question: What type of testing kits are delivered to care homes?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested
section_headers: Care home residents and workers (England only)
section_content: If a care home suspects a resident has coronavirus symptoms
You should contact your local Health Protection Team
(HPT) if:

you suspect your care home has a new coronavirus outbreak
it has been 28 days or longer since your last case and you have new cases

Your HPT will provide advice and arrange the first tests.
For testing in other situations, you should apply for testing kits following
the instructions below.
How to test care home residents and workers
You can apply for coronavirus testing kits to test the residents and staff of
your care home. You can apply whether or not any of your residents or staff
have coronavirus symptoms.
This testing is currently only available in England.
At the moment, you can only get tests if your care home looks after older
people or people with dementia.
Apply for coronavirus tests for a care home
Workers with symptoms
Care home workers with symptoms should be self-isolating and can access
testing through the self-referral or employer referral portals, above.
See a visual guide to adult social care
testing
(PDF, 68.4KB, 1 page).
Information about testing kits
There are 2 types of test kits delivered to care homes:

Randox test kits
all other types, known as Kingfisher test kits

The test kits look similar and test for whether someone currently has
coronavirus in the same way. You will be told which test kits you will be
using when you receive confirmation of your delivery. All of these kits are
throat and nose swab tests and will tell a person whether they had coronavirus
at the time the test took place. They cannot tell a person if they have had
coronavirus in the past.
Watch a video on how to administer nasal and throat swabs for residents:
Coronavirus test tutorial for care homes with Dr Sarah
Jarvis
Carers and nurses who will be swabbing residents in care homes should complete
the online care home swabbing competency assessment before carrying out
swabbing.
Individuals can register at
www.genqa.org/carehomes or care home
managers can create an organisational account by contacting
info@genqa.org.
*[PDF]: Portable Document Format

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The response is very specific to the question and includes extra advice covering how to test, and information about the kits.
The text answers the question of which types of kits are available for care homes, how to get them and includes a link to show how to use them.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested
section_headers: The testing process
section_content: The test involves taking a swab of the nose and the back of the throat, which
can be done by the person themselves (self-administered) or by someone else
(assisted).
The different ways you can get tested are covered below.
Regional testing sites
We are establishing a network of drive-through regional testing sites.
Watch a video explaining the process for drive-through testing:
Coronavirus tests for essential workers
Home testing
Home test kits can be delivered to someone’s door so they can test themselves
and their family without leaving the house. Home test kit availability will be
initially limited, but more will become available.
If you have been delivered a home testing kit or have been given a self-test
kit at a regional test site, here is a tutorial video that supports the
written instructions in your pack, from Dr Amir Khan:
How to take a coronavirus self-test
swab
Mobile testing units
Mobile testing units travel around the UK to increase access to coronavirus
testing. They respond to need, travelling to test essential workers at sites
including care homes, police stations and prisons.
New units are being brought into operation each day.
Satellite centres
NHS capability is being increased by providing test kits directly to
‘satellite’ centres at places like hospitals that have a particularly urgent
or significant need.
NHS facilities
Testing within an NHS facility such as a hospital is available for patients
and some NHS workers.
Across all these testing methods, there is a network of couriers who collect
the completed samples and deliver them safely to one of our laboratories. The
swab samples are analysed at our labs and the result is communicated back to
the individual.
We aim to return test results within 48 hours of a swab being taken, or within
72 hours for a home test.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The answer does not mention care homes, though it would possibly fall under the Satellite Centres section.
While there is information within the response that is focused on home testing kits and their usage, there is no information included specifically for care homes.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Apply for a coronavirus test if you're an essential worker
section_headers: What the test involves
section_content: You’ll usually have the option of taking the test at home or at a drive-
through testing site.
The test involves taking a swab of the inside of your nose and the back of
your throat, using a long cotton bud.
See the NHS 111 online coronavirus service for
advice about dealing with the symptoms of coronavirus.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is about testing kits for home or drive-through sites.
While the response gives some vague advice about how and where to test it does include a link to the NHS online service which may be more helpful.

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