Breathalyser
Breathalyzer tests for detecting alcohol in breath are a useful procedure fortesting blood or breath alcohol levels. On-site alcohol testing kits and electronic digital breathalyzers are suitablefor use in the workplace, by healthcare workers or for home use. The majority of people 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. Breath alcohol units use individual mouthpieces for accurate testing.
Don’t risk drinking and driving!
Breath Alcohol Tests – A very simple commercial version of the “blow in the bag” breath alcohol test kit used by the British Police.
The Home Office Approved personal Breathalyzer testing units are a portable modification of the basic roadside breathalyser used by the British Police Forces for many years. 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 frequently used when carrying out pre-employment, random or accident based workplace employee drug and alcohol testing.
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.
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