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Any way to pay a fee to have my at-home tests become proctored tests?

I have 5 at home Clinitest self-tests; 4 On/Go self-tests and 4 Binax NOW self-tests - all courtesy of either state or federal give-aways.

Is it possible to pay a fee to use these as proctored tests?

Posted by
6788 posts

Don't think so.

AFAIK the only one of those that offers an option for online proctoring (supervision) is the Abbott BinaxNOW test, and when purchasing those, you need to specify at the time when it's ordered if you want the at-home, or proctored version. The packaging is different for the at-home versus proctored versions (so is the price). I'd be very surprised if you could "add on" the online supervision after the fact. It's a mass-market product, I can't imagine they would want the hassle of addressing your use case.

If you want to find out for sure you could try contacting them (good luck with that, it's a giant multinational corporation that's pretty busy). Personally, I'd just leave the tests you have, and use them for their intended purpose (I have about 50 at-home antigen tests sitting around; I'll be taking some along on my next trip for regular self-tests, and nowadays, if I wake up with a sore throat or other minor symptom, I just grab one and test myself). If you need one for return to the USA, just bite the bullet, they're not exactly expensive.

Posted by
4073 posts

I second Carol. I haven’t tried it but the box (the 4 pack I got mailed for free) tells me I have the option to pay $20 and have it be proctored. I am not looking at it but I think it also says you need to download the app before leaving the U.S., just like the Binax Now.

Posted by
1803 posts

I was excited to hear about the ihealth tests as I have a few. Unfortunately if you drill down in the FAQ section they indicate that you must have a desktop or laptop. Phones and tablets are not supported.

Posted by
103 posts

Another thing to consider: I believe you have to make an appointment for the proctored test with the iHealth kits, whereas with Binax, you can test at any time.

Posted by
4073 posts

Good information, all. I have both - and will probably put both in my bag next week even though I prefer the in-person testing to come home.

Posted by
367 posts

Thanks for the responses. We’re hopeful that we won’t have to test before our return flight on June 14 but we leave from Lyon so in person testing will be readily available. We’ll take some self tests with us in case we get any suspicious symptoms. And being over 65, with departure April 23, we will do our best to get another booster before we leave since that has been approved.