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Getting Started

Please view our step-by-step tutorial videos.
Optional training certificate available upon quiz completion.

Quickstart Videos

Sexual Health Test

Approximately 5 minutes to complete

Respiratory Health Test*

Approximately 5 minutes to complete

Pro Tips

Approximately 3 minutes to complete

Chapter 1 Tips:

  • Do not remove the device from the foil packaging until you are ready to run the test.
  • Once a test is plugged in and processing, do not unplug or move the device.


If you’d like to complete a control run during this video training, please have all the supplies nearby:

  • Visby Testing Devices (1 x Positive Control, 1 x Negative Control)
  • 2 Visby Power Adapters (to run controls simultaneously)
  • 2 Swabs (1 x Positive Control, 1 x Negative Control. Do not remove packaging until ready to use during training.)
  • Gloves (best practices)
  • Chuck or Paper Towel (to avoid contamination)

Please review all Sexual Health Test chapter videos before taking the quiz.

Chapter 1 Tips:

  • Do not remove the device from the foil packaging until you are ready to run the test.
  • Once a test is plugged in and processing, do not unplug or move the device.

 

If you’d like to complete a control run during this video training, please have all the supplies nearby:

  • Visby Testing Devices (1 x Positive Control, 1 x Negative Control)
  • 2 Visby buffer tubes (red cap tubes provided in the same box as the devices)
  • 2 Visby Power Adapters (to run controls simultaneously)
  • 2 Swabs (1 x Positive Control, 1 x Negative Control. Do not remove packaging until ready to use during training.) 
  • Gloves (best practices) 
  • Chuck or Paper Towel (to avoid contamination)

Please review all Respiratory Health Test chapter videos before taking the quiz.

*This product has not been FDA cleared or approved, but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA under an EUA for use by authorized laboratories. This product has been authorized only for the detection and differentiation of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and influenza B, not for any other viruses or pathogens; and the emergency use of this product is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the declaration is terminated or authorization is revoked sooner.

Chapter 1 Tips

Lineart drawing of a Visby pipette with the 4 main parts labeled: upper bulb, lower bulb, shaft, and tip
  • If the pipette has bubbles or an air gap, dispense the sample back into the sample tube and try aspirating again by slowly releasing the upper bulb.

To request additional pipettes for practice, please contact Visby Training.