Non-DOT Breath Alcohol Test

Health Street’s Non-DOT Breath Alcohol Tests are performed using federally approved devices known as Evidential Breath Testers (EBTs). Breath Alcohol devices must only respond to alcohol in order to get approved by the Department of Transportation, which publishes a list of approved devices on the federal register. Approved devices must never respond to other volatiles like acetone, which can be present in the breath of a sober person. This means the results of a properly administered Non-DOT Breath Alcohol Test will never yield a false positive, and can therefore be used as evidence in a court of law.

• 1) Breath Alcohol devices classified as Evidential Breath Testers (EBTs) and listed on the federal registry are designated as such because they cannot report a false positive.
• 2) If a person blows a non-negative quantity on the first screening, the Breath Alcohol Technician will grant a 15 minute wait period and then initiate a confirmation test.
• 3) Alcohol from recently chewed or drank items can be present in the mouth and is known as “Mouth Alcohol”. Mouth alcohol can cause a non-negative screening, but dissipates completely in 15 minutes.
• 4) A properly administered Breath Alcohol Test by a certified Breath Alcohol Technician will retrieve a “deep lung sample”, ensuring that the amount alcohol in the breath closely reflects the amount of alcohol in the person’s blood stream.
• 5) Breathalyzers are accurate yardsticks of a person’s sobriety because of a scientific gas law know as “Henry’s Law.” Henry’s Law states that in a closed system (e.g., the human body), the proportion of a volatile (such as alcohol) in a gas above a liquid (i.e, exhaled breath) is the same as the proportion of the volatile in the liquid. This means that the alcohol concentration in someone’s breath is the same as the alcohol concentration in their blood.

Breath Alcohol Tests provide instant results for negative screenings. Breath alcohol technicians use an Alcohol Testing Form (ATF) to record results. Non-negative screenings lead to a 15 minute wait period followed by a second test known as a confirmation test, which also provides an instant result. When this occurs, only the results of the confirmation test count.

How to Interpret a Breath Alcohol Test result

• In an employment setting, any result over 0.020 is considered a positive outcome, meaning that there is evidence that the person has alcohol in their system at the time of the test. If the person is actively engaged in a safety-sensitive role, he or she must be removed from duty immediately.
• In a law enforcement setting, different standards apply and vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. All states, however, consider a breath alcohol result of 0.080 or more as “driving while intoxicated.” On the other hand, readings as low as .030 may be considered “driving under the influence.”
• DOT enforces strict penalties on covered employees such as truck drivers and pilots if their breath alcohol result during specified time periods leading up to, during, and after safety sensitive duties is 0.040 or higher. Positive results lead to a mandatory referral to a Substance Abuse Professional. Strict protocols must be followed before a return to work is permitted.

StaffGlass™… the Employer eResults Portal

Positive breath alcohol results are communicated directly to the Designated Employee Representative of the employee’s company, in order that remedial action be taken immediately. Business users also get free access to our secure Employer eResults Portal, StaffGlass™, to place orders, view test results, manage employees and eSignature documents (such as policies and procedures), update random drug testing pools, and register for background checks. Non-business clients get PDF result files via email and/or fax.

Registering for a Non-DOT Breath Alcohol Test is fast and easy for companies or individuals. The lab location is chosen during the alcohol testing registration process based on the ZIP code you enter. A Non-DOT Breath Alcohol Test costs $95.00.

Status notifications

Once registered, a barcode authorization and a map with the clinic address is immediately sent via email. Employers can choose to provide the employee’s cell phone number to enable instant text messaging of the barcode and clinic address, or else they can simply forward the email registration to their candidate or employee at their convenience. The barcode is then presented to the professional technician at the chosen alcohol testing facility along with government issued photo ID, and the test is administered. Status notifications are sent throughout the process. The person who placed the order is notified when the registrant completes the alcohol test. Additional notifications are sent when the breath specimen reaches the lab, and, of course, when the results are ready to review securely online.

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