Breathalyzer tests for measuring alcohol in breath are a reliable procedure formeasuring blood or breath alcohol levels. Disposable alcohol testing kits and electronic breathalysers are suitablefor use in businesses, by healthcare employees or for in the home. Most people use them to test against the legal 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. Electronic breath testing units use disposable mouthpieces to ensure that every test is as accurate as the last.
Don’t risk drinking and driving!
Breathalyzer Tests – A brilliant commercial version of the “blow in the bag” breathalyzer used by the British Police.
The Home Office Approved personal Breathalyzer testing units 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 breathalyzer most commonly used when carrying out pre-employment, random or accident based workplace employee drug and alcohol testing.
The best 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 drinking 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.
