FAQ - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

This testing does not present any risk to health. According to the manufacturer, the antigen self-tests used exceed the minimum norms specified by the World Health Organisation and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control regarding the criteria for their performance (sensitivity and specificity).

To minimise any possible influences on the result, the manufacturer recommends not eating or drinking during the 30 minutes preceding testing. Drinking water before testing is perfectly OK.

• The first self-test is to be carried out at home, with help from the pupil’s parents.
• Subsequent self-tests are then carried out at school, under the supervision of the teaching staff. (For pupils in cycle 1, all self-tests are to be carried out at home.)

Schools are to draw up a schedule so as to spread the testing across all the classes and cycles over the five days of the week.

Schools are to decide whether testing is to be carried out by an entire class at the same time once a week or if some of the pupils are to be tested each day of the week. Such a spread, where it is possible, would make it possible to monitor the presence and evolution of the virus in the school.

Schools are to choose the timing that suits them best, according to their constraints. Some schools may carry out tests first thing in the morning, while others may prefer to carry them out at the end of the day because they do not have the resources for keeping any children who test positive apart from the other children while they wait for their parents to arrive. Other schools may opt for a hybrid solution.

Schools are to inform pupils and parents of their scheduling: this will enable parents to organise themselves in advance in the event of their child testing positive.

The self-test is easy to do, and does not present any particular danger.

Should a pupil be injured nevertheless, the procedure would be the same as for any incident occurring on school premises.

After testing has been carried out, all the waste should be put into a rubbish bag which should then be closed and removed. All contact surfaces should be disinfected immediately.

The self-testing kits should be stored :

• in a locked cupboard in a safe place ;
• protected from damp and sunlight ;
• at a temperature of between 4 and 30°C.

The tests should remain in their original packaging until they are used.

Tests that are out of date or damaged must not be used.

An attestation of consent for pupils from cycle 2 up to the age of 17 years is essential; it enables parents to give their formal consent to their child taking part in self-testing.

It also ensures observance of the provisions set out in the General Data Protection Regulation.

Consent may be given or withdrawn at any time, merely by informing the class teacher in writing.

Each person in the school community will receive an initial kit. Thereafter, only those people with a valid consent form or a declaration of participation will receive the self-testing kit.

The ddeclaration of participation for pupils in cycle 1 enables parents to give their formal consent to their child taking part in self-testing at home.

It also commits the person signing the declaration to notify the health inspection of any positive result (https://covidtracing.public.lu/covid or 247-65533).

It also ensures observance of the provisions set out in the General Data Protection Regulation.

Consent may be given or withdrawn at any time, merely by informing the class teacher in writing.

Each person in the school community will receive an initial kit. Thereafter, only those people with a valid consent form or a declaration of participation will receive the self-testing kit.

The declaration of participation for adult students enables them to give their formal consent to taking part in self-testing.

It also commits the person signing the declaration to notify the health inspection of any positive result (https://covidtracing.public.lu/covid or 247-65533).

It also ensures observance of the provisions set out in the General Data Protection Regulation.

Adult students may decide to stop taking part or decide to take part at any time, merely by informing the class teacher in writing.

Each person in the school community will receive an initial kit. Thereafter, only those people with a valid consent form or a declaration of participation will receive the self-testing kit.

Thedeclaration of participation for members of staff enables them to give their formal consent to taking part in self-testing.

It also commits the person signing the declaration to notify the health inspection of any positive result (https://covidtracing.public.lu/covid or 247-65533).

It also ensures observance of the provisions set out in the General Data Protection Regulation.

Consent may be given or withdrawn at any time, merely by informing the school’s administration in writing.

Each person in the school community will receive an initial kit. Thereafter, only those people with a valid consent form or a declaration of participation will receive the self-testing kit.

The rules on the protection of data of a personal nature are respected. The information is only forwarded to health inspection.