Your sample instructions are found with your kit. However, click here to read instruction to help you with your blood spot testing.
Bioresonance therapy is a complimentary medicine using a device that captures and diagnoses electromagnetic signals coming from the body. Developed in the 1970’s by a team of medical doctors and bio-physicists, these devices are in regular use in over 26 different countries.
Absolutely. We’re cleaning our facilities regularly, particularly our labs. Our Technicians and staff are adhering to the strictest standards of hygiene, cleaning hands on a regular basis and making constant use of hand sanitising stations located throughout the building. The only physical thing we send to you are blood testing kits which are handled with the strictest of hygiene controls. Your results will be available online through secure BitCare platform so nothing further will be physically sent from our building.
As with any infectious disease, we ask that you do not submit samples while still infected. In this particular case, we ask that you complete the recommended isolation period before submitting your sample for testing.
There may be a small delay in the time it takes us to process samples, but currently we still expect to be able to deliver results within the 3 days we advise in normal circumstances.
Covid-19 has no effect on your results. You can still be confident in the continued accuracy of the results your receive.
DNA sample is collected with a simple non-invasive cheek swab. The specimen collection will be performed by gently rubbing the swab provided, inside of both your cheeks and gums for a total of 30 seconds. Please, refer to the information below in question #5 – DNA sample collection steps.
A buccal swab is used to collect the cells on the inside of a person’s cheeks. Buccal swabs are used frequently as a way to collect DNA samples for testing.
The buccal swab sample can ship at 77°F (25°C) or below. Swab samples can be safely stored for up to 1-2 weeks at 68°F (20°C) to room temperature before shipping. But we recommend shipping the swab sample in 1-2 days.
We take privacy seriously, and we have partnered with an accredited* scientific laboratory partner to perform all the tests and follow strict guidelines accordingly at the state of the art genetic testing facility. The analysis is processed and controlled in a highly secure environment. Our lab partner takes steps during and after the screening tests and the sample collection is discarded according to established guidelines. The data from the screening is not shared with anyone including research purposes. By law, the report is only released with your permission to those you designate eligible to receive it.
Accreditations
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). The objective of the CLIA program is to ensure quality laboratory testing.
“The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulates laboratory testing and requires clinical laboratories to be certificated by their state as well as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) before they can accept human samples for diagnostic testing.” – FDA.GOV More info: CMS.gov, FDA.gov.
The College of American Pathologists
The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the leading organization of board-certified pathologists, serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine.
For 70 years, “the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the leading organization of board-certified pathologists, serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine worldwide.” – CAP.ORG
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule sets national standards for the security of protected health information.
Food and Drug Administration
Advanced Genomics operates in parallel to contribute with the FDA’s responsibility for protecting the public health. This includes controlled operations of our FDA approved Rapid Respiratory testing panel.
Yes, our lab partners’ process all of your genetic tests inside a state-of-the-art and highly secure laboratory/facility. They control the sample and laboratory report and by law can only release this information to you with your permission.
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is not required to be ordered or tested through healthcare providers (primary care physicians, tele-doc physicians, nurse practitioners, and/or genetic counselors). They are ordered directly from online (our site or partner site) or bought at a retail outlet (pharmacy, health & wellness store, clinics, etc). The process is simple and safe to use mostly at the comfort of customers’ home; with a simple cheek swab or other means (depending on the type of test ordered). After the collection of the DNA sample, the customer sends the sample via pre-paid envelope to the CLIA/CAP lab for DNA analysis and accessed securely via BitCare website or PDF report or through the mobile app.
By default, none of the DNA tests include the entire genome sequencing. The entire Genome Projects estimated that humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes. Health DNA Test for example tests for 36 gene variations involved in nine key biological processes, which are all key factors in the onset of chronic disease.
DNA Kits only includes the kit and its contents for the DNA collection and does not include the cost of the lab fees.
DNA Tests include the lab fees, which vary from test to test and the number of tests ordered by the same customer.
Diagnostic tests are primarily based on diagnosis or to confirm a suspected health condition (presence or absence of disease) once initial testing has revealed its possibility. Diagnostic tests are often more expensive and primarily covered by insurance with physician sign-off or paid out of pocket by the patient.
Non-Diagnostic Tests or Screening Tests are ordered and used in large part by healthy individuals as a preventative measure to maintain a healthy lifestyle – to detect early disease or risk factors for disease. Mostly the tests are covered out-of-pocket or through the Health Savings Accounts (HSA) or similar.