The Rosita-2 project was carried out in 2003-2005 in order to evaluate the usability and analytical reliability of the onsite oral fluid (saliva) drug testing devices. The study was carried out by National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology in Brussels, Belgium, the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland, the Institute for Legal Medicine in Strasbourg, France, the Institute for Legal Medicine in Homburg/Saar, Germany, the Division of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Abuse, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway and Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. It was coordinated by Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. In the US, the study continues until the end of 2006. The complete results for the European part and the partial results of the US parts are presented here. 2046 Subjects were included in the study and 2605 device evaluations were performed. (Author/publisher) For more information see http://www.rosita.org/ Please note that the results of most or all Rosita-2 evaluations are now obsolete. The results of a more recent (2010) evaluation can be found on the DRUID website (http://www.druid-project.eu).
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