Written by Breathalyzer tests for detecting alcohol in breath are a common method ofmeasuring blood or breath alcohol levels. On-site alcohol test kits and digital breath alcohol tests are suitablefor use in businesses, by healthcare workers or for home use. Many use them to check 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 for accurate testing.
Don’t risk drinking and driving!
Breath Alcohol Tests – A simple 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 breathalyser used by the British Police Forces for several decades. 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 breathalyzer most frequently 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 in the morning 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.
