CBJ is distributing CareStart COVID-19 self-tests. They expire June 30.
The City and Borough of Juneau is distributing COVID-19 antigen home tests to the general public from these locations:
- City Hall cash office
- All Juneau Public Libraries (Downtown, Mendenhall Valley, and Douglas)
- Juneau Public Health Center, 3412 Glacier Highway (across the street from Twin Lakes parking lot)
- Juneau Police Department, 6255 Alaway Avenue
The tests at these locations are CareStart COVID-19 Antigen Home Tests, which have a printed expiration date on the box of March 2022. In fact, the CareStart test kits that CBJ is distributing all expire on June 30, 2022. This is based on approval from the Food and Drug Administration to extend the test’s shelf life expiration date from 6 to 9 months.
The CareStart COVID-19 Antigen Home Test is made by Access Bio. The FDA’s approval to extend the shelf life to 9 months when stored at 34–86°F is based on the results of Access Bio’s stability studies. Access Bio submitted real-time stability data on December 1, 2021, and the FDA granted nine months of shelf-life for the test as of January 20, 2022.
To reiterate: Despite the printed shelf life on the CareStart COVID-19 Antigen Home Test being March 2022, FDA says the test will actually last until June 30, 2022.
For more information, contact [email protected].