Alere Toxicology iScreen OFD Nicotine/Cotinine Test Device

Description

iScreen
®
OFD
Cotinine Oral Fluid Screening Device.
The iScreen® OFD - Cotinine device is a rapid, oral fluid screening test that can be performed anytime without the use of an instrument. The test detects elevated levels of cotinine (nicotine metabolite) in oral fluid for accurate determination of smoking status.
Professional, trained staff members can conveniently administer this point of care screening test and obtain reliable results for the presence of cotinine within 10 minutes.
Features & Benefits
Accurately screen for cotinine— the primary metabolite of nicotine
Detects up to 1-2 days after nicotine use
Qualitative detection of cotinine in oral fluids at 30 ng/mL cutoff level
Simple collection and testing procedure
Results in as little as 10 minutes
Long shelf life at room
Integrated internal procedural control
Advantages of the Oral Cotinine Test vs Urine Cotinine Test
Ease of collection
less issues with privacy and compliance
ease of saliva vs urine upon collection
harder to adultery saliva vs urine
Time benefit
10 minutes with nothing in the mouth
3 minute swab
read after 10 minutes
Cutoff Level
30 ng/ml vs 300 or 500ng/ml
pick up more recent tobacco use
Storage and stability
long shelf life at room temperature storage (24 months from manufacturer)
Accuracy
% Agreement with Commercial Kit
Specimen COT
Positive 97.6%
Negative >99%
Total 98.9%
% Agreement with LC/MS*
Specimen COT
Positive >99%
Negative 97.9%
Total 98.6%
*The volume of some of the specimens was insufficient for LC/MS testing