Potential for Application of Corneal Retinal Potential Measurements to Detect Alcohol and Drug Use: A Report to Congress
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Potential for Application of Corneal Retinal Potential Measurements to Detect Alcohol and Drug Use: A Report to Congress

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    Potential for application of corneal retinal potential measurements to detect alcohol and drug use : a report to Congress : prepared in response to Section 203, P.L. 100-17, April 1987, Highway Safety Act of 1987;Potential for application of corneal retinal potential measurements to detect alcohol and drug use : a report to Congress : prepared in response to Section 203, Public Law 100-17, April 1987, Highway Safety Act of 1987;
  • Creators:
    Farina, Alfred
  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Driver and Pedestrian Research
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    United States
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    United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Abstract:
    This report was prepared by the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in response to Section 203 of the Highway Safety Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-17; April 1987). Congress authorized the Secretary of Transportation to: '...test a new drug and alcohol testing technology which measures corneal retinal potential as exhibited in the brain function wave form...to determine the potential for applying such technology and devices in preventing drug and alcohol related traffic deaths'. The new technology resides in a single commercial device which the NHTSA arranged to test. However, the device continues to undergo development and a lapse in its scheduling prevented any testing by the government in time for the report. Consequently, NHTSA's examination is based upon a review of existing data and information provided by the developers rather than an active test of the technology. The report centers on three questions which underlie the new technology: Do drugs and alcohol present characteristic 'signatures' in the electronystagmograph (ENG) waveforms?; Can human experts read these signatures and make reliable and valid diagnoses based on them?; Can the human experts' diagnostic skills be computerized to permit widespread application of the technology? Additional issues covered include the developmental needs of this technology, and its potential role in highway safety. /Abstract from report summary page/
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