Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations define 0.020 as the level at which employees must be removed from safety sensitive duties. When performing DOT breath alcohol testing only the result of the confirmation test is used to determine the employee’s intoxication level. Any delays in performing the confirmation test will likely produce a lower BAC level than if the confirmation test had been conducted in a timely fashion. Therefore it is important for BATs to be knowledgeable about how to correctly handle unusual events that may unnecessarily add more time to the testing process….
How Many Drinks….?
With the Holiday party season upon us we thought it would be a good time to pass along some recommendations and information to ensure safe and responsible holiday celebrations….
Breath Alcohol Operator or Breath Alcohol Technician?
Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) certification has been the gold standard since 1994 when the DOT alcohol testing regulations were first implemented. Most of the training AlcoPro has done since that time has been to certify students as BATs.
Cut-Off Levels for Positive Alcohol Tests
One of the more frequent guidance we offer our customers is establishing cut-off levels for positive alcohol tests. It’s tempting for some users to regard any non-zero result as positive. After all, when a sober person blows into an Alco-Sensor the result is always .000. Why not regard a result of .001, .002, .003, etc. as positive?
It’s a FACT, Jack – Them’s the Regs
The preceding article described how simple it is to perform the calibration procedure on the Alcomonitor CC. The procedure requires no skill from the operator; the operator just presses a button.
Alcomonitor CC – There’s Nothing Else Like It!
The Alcomonitor CC has been a mainstay for over 20 years in the lineup of Intoximeter instruments. Curiously, no other manufacturer has offered an instrument with similar features – the Alcomonitor CC is truly a one-of-a-kind instrument….
Alco-Sensor IV – The Dependable Workhorse of Breath Alcohol Testing
With more than 100,000 instruments manufactured over the past 20 years the Alco-Sensor IV is used throughout the world in a wide variety of settings: workplace, law enforcement, corrections, and more. While the all Alco-Sensor IV instruments look identical on the outside, there are in fact many different versions of the instrument designed to meet customers’ unique needs. Intoximeters uses the convention of placing a colored dot on the front of each instrument to identify the version of each instrument. Here’s a look at the features all Alco-Sensor IV instruments have in common, as well as a few of the most popular versions of the instrument….
What’s Up with Powdered Alcohol?
Recently a customer asked us the question, “Will an Alco-Sensor detect alcohol on a person who has consumed powdered alcohol?” Here’s the scoop…
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? – DOT Urine Specimen
Collector Questions
Some of the DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations are logical and intuitive, and you have a good chance at guessing the right answer to a question to which you might not know the answer. But not all DOT regulations are intuitive. For example, here are some questions about a dilute specimen that we received recently from a collection site….
New Drug 15 Times More Potent Than Heroin
A new and powerful drug that is 15 times stronger than heroin has made its way onto streets and resulted in a…
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