Description
iScreen® OFD Cotinine Oral Fluid Screening Device, 25 Kits/Box
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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.
Abbott Toxicology (formerly Alere Toxicology) iScreen® cotinine test mouth swab is a rapid screening device for nicotine detection in the person's system through their saliva. The test can detect nicotine levels up to one or two days after nicotine use. It is simple to give via oral swab, safely self-contained, and results within ten minutes are 97.6% accurate. It makes a valuable tobacco testing tool for employers, school administrators, parents, juvenile facility officers, and doctor’s offices. This nicotine test features an integrated internal procedural control to ensure proper administration of the test and cut-off levels are at 30 ng/mL.
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
- The iScreen® OFD Mouth Swab Cotinine Test is a mouth swab cotinine (nicotine) single screening
- One-step drug test that can detect nicotine status
- FDA recently exempted cotinine devices from 510(k) clearance
Ease of collection
- Less issues with privacy and compliance
- Ease of saliva vs urine upon collection
- Harder to adulterate in 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)
COT Test Accuracy Compared to LC/MS
- Positive >99%
- Negative 97.9%
- Total 98.6%
How to Use
- Remove the oral swab from the sealed pouch insert the collector sponge into their mouth
- Once a sufficient sample has been collected, gently insert the saliva swab into the cap
- Read test results at 10 minutes
