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1 Schedule of Accreditation Organisation Name Trading As INAB Reg No Contact Name Address Medical Bureau Of Road Safety 30T Helen Kearns Contact Phone No Website Accreditation Standard Health Sciences Centre, UCD, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin ISO T Date Initially Awarded 13/09/2002 Scope Classification Services available to the public¹ Forensic testing No ¹ Refer to document on interpreting INAB Scopes of Accreditation Sites from which accredited services are delivered (the detail of the accredited services delivered at each site are on the Scope of Accreditation) Name Address 1 Head Office Health Sciences Centre, UCD, Belfield, Dublin, D4 INAB Registration No. 30T Page 1 of 5 Edition 2, 17/12/2018

2 Scope of Accreditation Head Office Forensic Category: A Forensic field - Tests Parameter Matrix Equipment/technique Range of measurement 1202 Toxicology -.01 Alcohol quantification 1202 Toxicology -.02 Alcohol detection 1202 Toxicology -.03 Drug identification Std Ref/SOP Alcohol Analysis Ethanol 0.01% - 0.6%w/v Blood and Urine Head Space GC PBT 5-25µg/100ml Breath Certified Dry Gas, Simulator Drug Screening Amphetamine ng/ml Blood and Urine Microplate EIA PDT DT Performance PDT DT5000 STK - Acceptance ng/ml Blood and Urine Microplate EIA Cannabinoids ng/ml Blood and Urine Microplate EIA Cocaine Metabolites ng/ml Blood and Urine Microplate EIA Methadone ng/ml Blood and Urine Microplate EIA Methamphetamine ng/ml Blood and Urine Microplate EIA Opiates ng/ml Blood and Urine Microplate EIA, Cocaine, Morphine and Diazepam 0 to 200% of drug cutoff (Cut offs: Cocaine and Opiates 20ng/ml, Cannabis 10ng/ml and Alcohol Test Dual Limit PBT - Test Draeger 7510 PBT - Test method Test Test Test Test Test Test Test DT5000 Analyser DT5000 STK INAB Registration No. 30T Page 2 of 5 Edition 2, 17/12/2018

3 15ng/ml) 1202 Toxicology -.04 Drug quantitation, Amphetamines and Opiates in Oral Cannabis Cocaine in Oral Alph Hydroxyalprazolam Alpha Hydroxyalprazolam Test 5-100ng/ml Blood LLE/LCMSMS Benzodiazepine Test Alprazolam Test 5-250ng/ml Blood LLE/LCMSMS Benzodiazepine Test Desalkyl Flurazepam Test 5-500ng/ml Blood LLE/LCMSMS Benzodiazepine Test Diazepam ng/ml Blood LLE/LCMSMS Benzodiazepine Test Test Nordiazepam ng/ml Blood LLE/LCMSMS Benzodiazepine Test Test Oxazepam ng/ml Blood LLE/LCMSMS Benzodiazepine Test Test Temazepam ng/ml Blood LLE/LCMSMS Benzodiazepine Test, Amphetamines and Opiates 11-nor-9-carboxy- and 11-nor-9- carboxy- Cocaine and Benzoylecgonine Test 5-60ng/ml LLE/LCMSMS Opiates, Amphetamines and in Test ng/ml Urine SPE/GCMSMS Cannabis Test ng/ml and 5-300ng/ml Blood LLE/ GCMSMS Cannabis Test 5-60ng/ml SPE/LCMSMS Cocaine and Benzoylecgonine in INAB Registration No. 30T Page 3 of 5 Edition 2, 17/12/2018

4 Test Diazepam and Temazepam in confirmation*1,2,4 Quantitation of Drugs in Whole Blood *1,2,4 THC in Diazepam and Temazepam 6-acetylmorphine and cocaine 1-40ng/ml LLE/LCMSMS Diazepam and Temazepam in Test 2 25ng/ml Blood SPE/ LCMSMS Multidrug Test Benzoylecgonine ng/ml Blood SPE/ LCMSMS Multidrug Test Codeine and Morphine EDDP, MDA and S- Methamphetamine MDMA and S- Amphetamine ng/ml Blood SPE/ LCMSMS Multidrug Test 5-50ng/ml Blood SPE/ LCMSMS Multidrug Test ng/ml Blood SPE/ LCMSMS Multidrug Test Methadone ng/ml Blood SPE/ LCMSMS Multidrug Test 1-50ng/ml LLE/GCMSMS THC in Oral Test INAB Registration No. 30T Page 4 of 5 Edition 2, 17/12/2018

5 Head Office Forensic Category: B Forensic field - Tests Parameter Matrix Equipment/technique Range of measurement 1202 Toxicology -.01 Alcohol quantification 1202 Toxicology -.03 Drug identification of Barometric Pressure) of Failure to Return to zero) of Interfering Substances) of Minimum discard volume) of Time) of Minimum flow rate) of Simulating presence of ethanol in the upper respiratory tract) of Evidenzer, Linearity and repeatability) PDT DT Performance Ethanol + acetone 9µg/100ml (ethanol) + 10µg/100ml(acetone) Ethanol + Methanol 22µg/100ml (ethanol) + 2µg/100ml(methanol) Std Ref/SOP Barometer Simulator Simulators Simulators Flow meter, simulators, stopwatch Comparison (time.is) Flow meter, simulators, stopwatch Simulator Ethanol 0-200µg/100ml Breath Simulators DT5000 Analyser INAB Registration No. 30T Page 5 of 5 Edition 2, 17/12/2018

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