SCRAM DevicesAccording to a thread running on a local list serve, a Google search shows that the Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM) is a propriety system of a privately held company, Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. That seems intent on marketing their wonderful new product. They cite one "white paper" The Determination of Blood Alcohol Concentration by Transdermal Measurement A White Paper by J. Robert Zettl, BS, MPA, DABFE Commissioned by Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. as verification of their technology and results. But if you actually read the "white paper" there were only three test subject individuals, two women and a man, listed. When N=3, I’’m not sure the technology has achieved general acceptance in the scientific community. I could be wrong, but there might be a Daubert issue or two with the SCRAM. Alcohol
Monitoring Systems Inc has this to say about itself. "Established
in 1997, Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. manufactures the world's
only non-invasive alcohol-detection system that automatically tests
for alcohol every hour, 24 hours a day, regardless of the offender’’s
location. SCRAM™™ the Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol
Monitor™™ is the first alcohol testing technology to use
transdermal analysis to determine an offender's Blood Alcohol Content.
SCRAM fully automates the alcohol testing and reporting process,
providing community corrections agencies and treatment organizations
nationwide with the ability to classify DUI offenders and assess
compliance with sentencing requirements, and treatment guidelines.
Alcohol Monitoring Systems is a privately held company headquartered
in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The founders of AMS first began work in the cutting-edge field of Transdermal Alcohol Testing in 1992. This elite group of scientists, engineers, programmers, and alcohol testing experts began working closely with eminent authorities in the fields of biology, forensic toxicology, criminal justice, and rehabilitation, in order to develop SCRAM™™ - the first Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor™™. In 1997, they founded Alcohol Monitoring Systems with the clear objective of designing, developing, and delivering the world’’s most effective alcohol testing program to the community corrections and alcohol treatment industries. |
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False positives. Complicated equipment setup. Testing loopholes. Excess staff resources. SCRAM addresses all of these issues, and more. Using the SCRAM System in your program means reducing the demand on staff resources. It means eliminating testing loopholes or a subject’’s ability to ignore a request for testing. It means improved detection rates, so that you can quickly and reliably focus your resources on the true violators. SCRAM integrates easily with existing protocols and service providers, and data access is secure and easy——at any time from any location. No costly investments in software, hardware, or IT support. From 1997 to 2002, AMS was an R&D company dedicated exclusively to the development of SCRAM. The company began BETA testing the SCRAM System in 2002 with independent service providers, as well as with federal, state, and county jurisdictions around the U.S. AMS delivered the first 100 production units of SCRAM in January 2003. SCRAM employs a breakthrough technique to detect alcohol consumption called Transdermal Analysis. It measures ethanol migrating through the skin to determine a person's Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) or in the case of SCRAM, Transdermal Alcohol Concentration (TAC)" _______________________________ Studies
on a wearable, electronic, transdermal alcohol sensor.
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