Buyers Guide
Home pregnancy testing kits |
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 Gone
are the days when you had to trudge down to your neighbourhood
pathology lab to hear the good news. Now with reliable Home
pregnancy testing kits you can conduct the test right in the
privacy of your home.
Expert
view
There are a lot of such tests available with chemist
shops. These tests are almost 99% reliable. A pregnancy
can be detected within 48 hours of missing a period. |
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The
kits available in the market are -
Clear View
Reliablility
- This is according to the manufacturers 99% reliable. It
detects pregnancy from the date your period is due.
Time taken
- 3 minutes
Method
- The 'absorbent sampler' is just held in the urine stream.
Convenience
- It can be conducted anytime in the day, as opposed to
some tests that require the sample of the urine to be taken
first thing in the morning.
- There no handling of urine required, i.e. you don't need
to collect a urine sample in a container. So no messy work!
- It doesn't require refrigeration. You don't need to bother
about the temperature of the testing device, unlike some
other tests.
- Has recently been launched and is therefore available
in select cities only.
Price
- Rs 150. This is expensive, specially considering the prices
of other pregnancy test kits. Even the laboratory testing
is cheaper! The convenience and the ease of usage offered
by the product may well outweigh its high cost.
Pregcolor card
Time
taken
- 5 minutes
Method
- Urine sample is collected. A dropper is used to deposit
some urine on the testing card.
Convenience
- It requires refrigeration. You have to first bring down
the temperature of the testing device to room temperature.
- Urine needs to be first collected, which is often messy.
Price
- Rs 40
Pregtest card
Time
taken
- 5 minutes
Method
- Urine sample is collected. A dropper is used to deposit
some urine on the testing card.
Convenience
- It requires refrigeration. You have to first bring down
the temperature of the testing device to room temperature.
- Urine needs to be first collected, which is often messy.
Price
- Rs 47
Veklocit
Time
taken
- 5 minutes
Method
- Urine sample is collected first thing in the morning.
A dropper is used to deposit 3 drops of urine on the testing
card.
Convenience
- The urine sample needs to be taken at a specific time
- Urine needs to be first collected, which is often messy.
Price
Rs 40
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