In this report the results of the practical evaluation of thirteen different oral fluid screening devices are presented. This evaluation is the deliverable of one of the tasks of the EC funded road safety project DRUID (DRiving Under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and medicines). The project is divided into different work packages. Work package 3 deals with enforcement issues. This report deals with the first task mentioned in work package 3 “Enforcement” of the DRUID project plan: The practical Evaluation of oral fluid Screening devices by TISPOL to Harmonise European police Requirements ESTHER. In the period from October 2006 till August 2008 thirteen different oral fluid screening devices have been tested in eleven police teams in six EU member states. In Chapter 2 a description of the goal of the DRUID project, work package 3 Enforcement and the ESTHER task is provided together with the outline of the testing procedure. Devices have been tested for operational aspects. Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of devices has not been an aspect of task 3.1 ESTHER. Task 3.2 will study these aspects. In Chapter 3 of this report a description of the TISPOL organisation and the involved eleven ESTHER teams of police forces in Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands is given. Chapter 4 gives a summary of the legislative situation in the six EU member states where the ESTHER teams are located. Chapter 5 provides information on the thirteen devices evaluated by the DPO’s in the eleven ESTHER teams during the ESTHER task. Also methods used in this task to perform the testing and reporting about the findings are mentioned in this chapter. The time schedule for testing the devices is presented as well. Tests with the thirteen oral fluid devices took place in two phases. Each phase has been divided into two parts. The testing has been performed in the period October 2006 — August 2008. In Chapter 6 an evaluation of the training of the DPO’s in the eleven teams is presented. Based on these evaluations recommendations for training of police officers in EU member states are given. Chapter 7 summarizes the evaluation of tests with ten oral fluid screening devices as performed during the first part of the first phase and the three devices during the second phase. Chapter 8 summarizes the evaluation of tests with four improved oral fluid screening devices during the second part of the first phase. Chapter 9 provides user specifications and functional requirements for screening devices, to be used by police agencies. Chapter 10 presents the promising oral fluid screening devices based on the evaluation of the thirteen screening devices. Chapter 11 describes the legal requirements for new legislation on drugs and driving from a police perspective. Chapter 12 is devoted to developments on the thirteen oral fluid screening devices tested during the ESTHER task and developments at other manufacturers of these kind of devices. In Chapter 13 some references are given. (Author/publisher) This document is available at https://www.bast.de/Druid/EN/Home/home_node.html
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