Question: A collector prepared to perform a random DOT drug and alcohol test on a rail road employee who works a safety sensitive position and under “hours of service” rules. This employee selected for the random test said he could not stay for the random test …

The new Alco-Sensor VXL comes in several different configurations and firmware options to meet a wide variety of applications. To give a more detailed look at these instruments, we’ve created some short video clips for a peek at what makes one version different from another…

Here are a couple of questions from our mail box about air blanks that are specific to the Alcomonitor CC, but can be generalized to all EBTs….

Pharmchem has just announced a new expanded opiate panel for the sweat patch that will detect Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone, and Oxymorphone. The new panel adds these synthetic opiates to the existing panel for Cocaine, Opiates (6-MAM, Codeine, and Morphine), Amphetamine/Methamphetamine, PCP, and Marijuana….

The topics of Accuracy Check and Calibration Adjustment create more confusion for students than any other topic in our Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) classes. Students must learn the difference between the two procedures, when and under what circumstances the procedures should be performed, and the operator qualifications required to perform the procedures. While we don’t have enough space to review each of these issues, here is a refresher on the operator qualifications to perform each procedure….

We periodically get calls from customers who tell us “My breath alcohol test device doesn’t work. We tested a person whom we were certain was very intoxicated, but the breath alcohol test showed a very low or a zero reading. What’s wrong with my device?”….