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Collecting and Logging Your Samples

Download ZEMI to complete your data collection:

Watch this ZEMI tutorial:

Collecting Your Sample

  • The minute you wake up: Use the tube with the YELLOW dot. Note the time you woke up and the time you collected the sample in a notebook.
  • 30 minutes after you wake up: Use the tube with the PINK dot.
  • Around 8:00 PM: Use the tube with the BLUE dot.
  • REMEMBER: Do not eat, smoke, or brush your teeth between the yellow and pink sample.
  • Uncap the top from the tube.
  • Roll the cotton swab in your mouth for 2 minutes.
  • Put the swab back into the tube and close the cap.
  • Take a photo of the tube using the ZEMI app.
  • Complete the questions on the ZEMI app.
  • Store the tube with your saliva sample in the freezer.
  • Congrats! You just collected one saliva sample!