Field testing of the Alere DDS2 Mobile Test System for drugs in oral fluid

J Anal Toxicol. 2013 Jun;37(5):305-7. doi: 10.1093/jat/bkt022. Epub 2013 Apr 4.

Abstract

A preliminary field evaluation of a second-generation handheld oral fluid testing device, the Alere DDS2 Mobile Test System (DDS2), is described. As part of a larger study, drivers were randomly stopped at various locations across California (in 2012) and asked to submit voluntarily to a questionnaire regarding their drug and alcohol use, a breath alcohol test and collection of oral fluid with the Quantisal device. The Quantisal-collected oral fluid samples were sent for laboratory-based analyses. At one location, 50 drivers were asked to submit an additional oral fluid sample using the DDS2 collection device; these samples were analyzed by using the DDS2 mobile test system. Thirty-eight donors (76%) provided specimens that were successfully run on the mobile system; in 12 cases (24%), the device failed to provide a valid result. Thirty-two of the 38 collected samples were negative for all drugs; five were positive for tetrahydrocannabinol and one was positive for methamphetamine using the mobile device. These results corresponded exactly with the laboratory-based results from the Quantisal oral fluid collection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholic Beverages* / analysis
  • Automobile Driving*
  • Breath Tests
  • California / epidemiology
  • Central Nervous System Depressants / analysis
  • Central Nervous System Depressants / metabolism
  • Dronabinol / analysis
  • Dronabinol / metabolism
  • Ethanol / analysis
  • Ethanol / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Illicit Drugs / analysis
  • Illicit Drugs / metabolism*
  • Methamphetamine / analysis
  • Methamphetamine / metabolism
  • Saliva / chemistry
  • Saliva / metabolism*
  • Substance Abuse Detection / instrumentation*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / metabolism
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

  • Central Nervous System Depressants
  • Illicit Drugs
  • Ethanol
  • Methamphetamine
  • Dronabinol