Unobserved self-testing
On or before the day you need to complete your COVID-19 test, pick up a testing kit. You may take up to three kits at a time. Check Covid Pass in your Atlas mobile app for locations and times. The kit is itself a biohazard bag. In it contains: a printed instruction book, a card with a unique barcode, a plastic swab, and a collection tube that has a matching bar code.
Testing kit showing matching barcodes on the vial and enclosed cardOn the day you need to test:
Go someplace private.
Take the blue cap off the collection tube and discard it, swab as you normally would (taking care not to touch the tip of the swab with your fingers), and then screw the swab into the collection tube.
Place the tube in the ziplock biohazard bag, and return it the same day to one of the collection sites on campus listed in the Atlas mobile app.
In the Atlas mobile app:
Select Pass, and tap the Medical icon.
Tap Take My Test (house icon).
Tap I have a kit.
Follow the detailed instructions to swab.
Allow the Atlas app to use your device's camera to scan the bar code on the card (not the QR code on the manufacturer label), or enter the number manually.
Tap Submit my test.
Or on the covidpass.mit.edu website:
Click Continue to Medical.
Click Take My Test (house icon).
Click I have a kit.
Follow the detailed instructions to swab.
Type in the barcode that starts with "D" on your blue card or from the testing tube.
Click Submit my test.
Attest afterward (ideally, before you come to campus). Remember, it can take up to 30 minutes for your ID to activate after you attest.
Download a PDF showing illustrated instructions for self-testing.