Breathalyser
November 29, 2009
Breathalyzer tests for measuring alcohol in breath are a recommendable procedure formeasuring blood or breath alcohol levels. Disposable alcohol testing kits and digital alcohol breathalyzers are suitablefor use in the workplace, by healthcare professionals or for home use. The majority of people use them to test against the drink drive limit. In the UK this is 80mg/dl or 0.08% BAC (blood alcohol concentration).
Electronic Breath Alcohol Testing Units
If you are screening for alcohol on a regular basis, it is more cost effective to purchase an electronic breathalyzer unit. Breathalyzers use individually wrapped mouthpieces to ensure that every test is as accurate as the last.
Don’t risk drinking and driving!
Breath Alcohol Tests - An easy to use commercial version of the “blow in the bag” breath alcohol test kit used by the British Police.
The Home Office Approved breathalyzers are a portable modification of the basic roadside breathalyzer 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 often used when carrying out pre-employment, random or accident based workplace employee drug and alcohol screening.
The best time to use 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.