Current Free Tests Available

• COVID-19
• Flu A/B

How KFM Free Respiratory Testing Works

1. Contact us at 309-263-2411 (ext. 5), to let us know when you have symptoms of any of the respiratory infections listed above and would like to receive free testing by participating in a clinical trial.
2. Our research team will go over your current symptoms to determine what tests we should run and schedule a time for you to come be tested.
3. Before being tested, our research team will review a document with you called the “Informed Consent”. This document explains everything about the clinical trial that will provide the free testing and pay you for your time.
4. The only information required for the clinical trial will be some basic information about your symptoms, vaccine status, and demographics; your contact information will NOT be provided to the testing company.
5. We will collect 3 swabs to run your test and provide the additional swabs to the testing company.
6. After the swabs are collected and the test is complete, you will be paid for your participation and you will have no additional follow-up for the clinical trial. The visit will typically take 30-40 minutes and payments range from $75 to $200.
7. Some of the clinical trials that provide free testing will require that you come into our office to test yourself so that you can provide user-feedback on the test that is designed for at-home-use; other tests will be carried about completely by our staff.
8. Information collected during these studies is reviewed by the FDA to determine whether the new tests are accurate enough to be used by the general public; since viruses frequently mutate, studies for new nasal swab tests are continually coming out and looking for volunteers to help provide samples for testing.