HIGH SENSITIVITY IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN ORAL FLUID: A FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS OF ABUSE

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HANCI İ. H., Gorgun B., Kaya K., KOZACI L. D.

JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.5, sa.1, ss.49-53, 2021 (ESCI, TRDizin)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 1
• Basım Tarihi: 2021
• Doi Numarası: 10.30621/jbachs.873363
• Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.49-53
• Anahtar Kelimeler: Illicit drugs, driving under influence, point-of-care (POC), lateral flow immunoassay
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: Illicit drug use poses a great threat to the integrity of our society and can lead to major problems such as traffic and workplace accidents, homicides, theft, terrorism mongering and suicide to name a few. Among the variety of commonly used drugs-of-abuse, cannabis, cocaine, opiates, amphetamine and its derivatives have been the most reported. Oral fluid drug testing has been gaining interest as an accurate screening method for the detection of illicit drugs in suspects under influence. In this study, the accuracy of NARCOTEC oral fluid drug-detection system was evaluated in comparison with the cut-off values.