In the United States, the Agilent Resolve handheld Raman spectrometer was awarded the highest overall score amongst handheld Raman devices available on the market in an assessment conducted by the Department of Homeland Security's System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) program. “The purpose of this assessment report is to provide emergency responders with information that will guide their agencies in making operational and procurement decisions.”
In the independent evaluation, performed by emergency responders with at least 5 years of operational experience using handheld Raman instruments, the Resolve also scored the highest in the "Capability" criterion, exceeding the expectations of all evaluators as it correctly identified samples through all containers used at the assessment.
Read the full SAVER report on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website: Handheld Raman Spectrometers - Assessment Report
