Ordering Covid tests

[pasta1]

33 minutes ago, a6guy said:

Go to https://www.emed.com.  you can create an account online with your des

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Thank you! Do you set up the account when you take the test or can you do it in advance? Thanks again!

[cltnccruisers]

7 minutes ago, rs45thompson said:

Everything you said is true.  However you can have more than one person do it at a time.  We had 6 people testing so did it in 2 waves.  3 people in different parts of the house tested at the same time on different devices and then the second set went.  Worked great!

That would be convenient since we have 7 in our next cruise.  I'd asked our proctor for my Thanksgiving morning test that question, though, and got a very definite "No".

[cltnccruisers]

2 minutes ago, pasta1 said:

Thank you! Do you set up the account when you take the test or can you do it in advance? Thanks again!

We did ours in advance.

[cltnccruisers]

I see Optum has not raised the price of a 3-pack.  Still $99.99 as it was in September.

[DCPIV]

16 minutes ago, pasta1 said:

Thank you! Do you set up the account when you take the test or can you do it in advance? Thanks again!

 

Either.  It only takes a few minutes to set up the account.  It makes things go a little faster if you set it up in advance, but you don't need to.

[cltnccruisers]

1 minute ago, DCPIV said:

 

Either.  It only takes a few minutes to set up the account.  It makes things go a little faster if you set it up in advance, but you don't need to.

So the Navica app isn't really needed?

[rs45thompson]

18 minutes ago, cltnccruisers said:

That would be convenient since we have 7 in our next cruise.  I'd asked our proctor for my Thanksgiving morning test that question, though, and got a very definite "No".

Correct you can't do it with the same proctor back to back.  But if each person has their own device in different parts of the house and called in on their device and did it.  How would they know?  Worked for us and we will be doing it again in February.

Edited December 24, 2021 by rs45thompson

[cltnccruisers]

How has the quality control been on the tests lately?  A few months ago there were comments about empty bottles and missing pieces, but I haven't seen anything for a while.

[pasta1]

19 minutes ago, cltnccruisers said:

We did ours in advance.

Is that the NAVICA account?

[cltnccruisers]

2 minutes ago, pasta1 said:

Is that the NAVICA account?

Yes.  Early on the instructions were to download the Navica app and set up users there.  Then when connecting to emed you were prompted for your Navica credentials.  That was back in September.  When we tested live in November the option to add an account on emed was available.  It could have been there in September but I don't recall seeing it.

 

Anyway, tomorrow the daughters and boyfriend will be here and I plan to go over all this with them and set up account on emed, bypassing Navica.

[pasta1]

7 minutes ago, cltnccruisers said:

Yes.  Early on the instructions were to download the Navica app and set up users there.  Then when connecting to emed you were prompted for your Navica credentials.  That was back in September.  When we tested live in November the option to add an account on emed was available.  It could have been there in September but I don't recall seeing it.

 

Anyway, tomorrow the daughters and boyfriend will be here and I plan to go over all this with them and set up account on emed, bypassing Navica.

Thank you. I plan to do the same.

[cltnccruisers]

24 minutes ago, rs45thompson said:

Correct you can't do it with the same proctor back to back.  But if each person has their own device in different parts of the house and called in on their device and did it.  How would they know?  Worked for us and we will be doing it again in February.

My bad.  I thought you were somehow all getting the same proctor.  Need more ☕

[cltnccruisers]

32 minutes ago, rs45thompson said:

Correct you can't do it with the same proctor back to back.  But if each person has their own device in different parts of the house and called in on their device and did it.  How would they know?  Worked for us and we will be doing it again in February.

Looks like we get a beautiful weekend in The Carolinas.

[DCPIV]

47 minutes ago, cltnccruisers said:

So the Navica app isn't really needed?

 

As best as I can tell, it really isn't necessary unless you want to use it to show your results to someone or use a QR code.  You don't need it to show your results, though, as you receive a PDF copy via email.

[cltnccruisers]

Having been in IT for 42 years I have come not to trust apps.  So I always have hard copy.

[helen haywood]

LOL.  Our experience with the terminal checkin team is that they have no experience in IT and greatly prefer the printed copy!

[Roger88]

Just now, helen haywood said:

LOL.  Our experience with the terminal checkin team is that they have no experience in IT and greatly prefer the printed copy!

Its very easy to cheat this system out. However, I wouldnt advise it. People , take care of your health and the health of others. Get vaccinated and soon we will no longer have these kinds of problems. Hope everyone is doing great  

[Maitaivegas]

Ok just got my 2 pack from Optium 5 min ago on 12/24 and I have a question .

So is the REF date the expiration date?

it’s the date on top.

[Biker19]

23 minutes ago, Maitaivegas said:

So is the REF date the expiration date?

Yes. 

[helen haywood]

Well, the date next to the hourglass icon is the expiration date.

[Maitaivegas]

Just now, helen haywood said:

Well, the date next to the hourglass icon is the expiration date.

Thank you, so it looks like they made new tests.

[helen haywood]

👍

[Denise W]

I got my 6 pack of tests from E Med a few days ago. The manufacture date was Nov 21 and the expired date is Nov. 22.

Denise

[rs45thompson]

6 hours ago, cltnccruisers said:

Looks like we get a beautiful weekend in The Carolinas.

Yes, love our weather.  70 degrees, beautiful.

[Rmyoung]

We did ours today two waves four people. We woke up at 7am and still had about 15 min wait. It was very easy