Posts Tagged ‘Breath Alcohol Test’

Breathalyser

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Breathalyzer tests for measuring alcohol in breath are a regular method oftesting blood or breath alcohol levels.  On-site alcohol test kits and electronic digital breathalysers are usefulfor use in the workplace, by healthcare workers or for in the home.  Many use them to measure against the drink drive limit. In the UK this is 80mg/dl or 0.08% BAC (blood alcohol concentration).

Electronic Breath Alcohol Testing Units

Electronic breathalysers are more cost effective if you are screening for alcohol on a regular basis. Breathalysers use individually wrapped mouthpieces to ensure health and safety.

 Don’t risk drinking and driving!

Breathalyzer Tests – An easy to use commercial version of the “blow in the bag” alcohol breath test kit used by the British Police.
     
The Home Office Approved breathalyser are a portable modification of the basic roadside breath alcohol test used by the British Police Forces for a long time. It uses yellow crystals which turn green in the presence of any alcohol in breath in order to test patients to a pre-determined level.

This is the disposable product most regularly used when carrying out pre-employment, random or accident based workplace employee drug and alcohol testing. 

The most accurate time to carry out these tests is the morning after alcohol consumption to see if you are under the limit enough to drive, this is because if you use them while you are still consuming alcohol the test won’t be accurate because alcohol will be in your stomach but not yet in your blood stream or breath, so you could be under the limit when you test yourself but 10 minutes later, you could be over the limit.