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24/11/2010 by admin.
DAL-701 is a professional standard alcohol test kit supplied in packs of 25 alcohol test strips or bulk 250 alcohol test packs.
The alcohol test is a professional In Vitro Medical Diagnostic test IVDD CE certified for professional alcohol detection in saliva. A simple saliva sample is taken and added to a reactive pad on the alcohol test strip. The colour change at 2 minutes indicates a semi quantative blood alcohol level at the time of sampling.
The alcohol test is also widely used to dip into other liquids as an instant test for alcohol. The result is not semi-quantative if the fluid tested is not saliva. Care must be taken to avoid liquids containing strong azo blue dyes, high caffeine levels and extreme pH products, but considering these limitations the test makes a very cost effective immediate point of test alcohol screen with the option of immediate saliva testing to evaluate blood alcohol levels if alcohol comsuption is suspected.
Posted in Alcohol Test, Alcohol Test Strips, Alcohol | 1 Comment »
14/12/2009 by admin.
UK and EU alcohol test kits are suitable for all breath alcohol test situations.
Simple to use and interpret, these quick alcohol test kits require just 2 minutes to detect alcohol in breath at 3 pre-determined cut off alcohol levels
Breath alcohol test 0.02%BAC for employment alcohol test screening
Breath alcohol test 0.05%BAC European driving legal limit alcohol test
Breath alcohol test 0.08%BAC UK driving legal limit alcohol test
All the above alcohol tests are available in pack of 3 or 6 and also bulk packs of 20 test kits .
To complete an alcohol test, simply remove the test from its foil, bend to break the reagent vial then blow. Positive alcohol test results at or above the specified detection level are indicated by a clear colour change.
Posted in Alcohol Test, Alcohol testing at work, Online breathalyzer, breathalyzer Kits UK, Breathalyser Limit, breath test alcohol, Alcohol | 1 Comment »
28/09/2009 by admin.
With unemployment amongst white collar workers at an all time high and rising, this is not the time to take any risks with your current employment. Loss of your driving license may not immediately be seen as critical to your employment role, but the fact won’t go unnoticed and at the very least will cost you dearly.
Most of us don’t drink and drive, or at least don’t plan to. It’s the unplanned events which catch us out, the lunch time meeting where your glass gets refilled unnoticed. The morning after when we have an early start. The unexpected call, when you wern’t expecting to have to work, in effect, modern jobs are no longer 9-5 and mobile phones and peer pressure mean we are always expected to be available.
It’s these situations where access to a breathalyser can be invaluable. If its telling your employer with conviction that you are unable to travel, this may be mopre acceptable. In these situations a digital measure should not be undervalued, as alcohol reduces our ability to judge how we are functioning.
The use of most breathalysers has been designed to be single button with tonal indicators of when and how long to blow. Modern units will not give a reading unless the proceedure is completed, making self testing while under the influence more reliable.
Modern digital breathalyers such as the DA5000 from valuebreathalysers offer all this technology for under £40.00 These hand held breathalyser units also have alarm settings at 0.05%BAC well below the UK current prosecution level of 0.08%BAC (correct at time of publishing) giving users a significant warning margin should they approach the legal levels.
All users would advise drivers not to drive until the alcohol blood levels are no longer measurable, as all alcohol will reduce performance. By measuring the blood levels after drinking, breathalysers can help users judge how their body clears alcohol, and help plan and avoid any alcohol drunk during the week and week end.
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Posted in Alcohol & driving, drink driving issues, Drinking levels, DA5000 Breathalyser, Value breathalysers, Alcohol | 1 Comment »
11/09/2009 by admin.
Alcohol costs the NHS an estimated £3 billion pounds a year
Car crashes linked to alcohol cost an estimated £300 million pounds to the health services
This week the BMA (British Medical Association) doctors called for a ban on alcohol advertising, as alcohol is now one of the leading causes of death and morbidity in the UK.
Posted in NHS, Alcohol | 1 Comment »
01/05/2009 by admin.
here is an extract from an article in The times 21/4/09
Britain used to have Europe’s safest roads. No longer. Over the past six years the Netherlands and Sweden have been able to boast of lower road death rates and more success in cutting the number of drink-related crashes. What has not changed is the British legal limit for drink-driving, which stands at 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood despite two abandoned efforts by the Government to bring it down in line with European norms.
A third effort is announced today. It deserves to survive the journey to the statute book.
Click here to read the full article online
Posted in drink driving issues, Alcohol & driving, Drinking levels, Breathalyser Limit, Alcohol | 1 Comment »
09/02/2009 by admin.
Last month the Office for National Statistics published its findings from the general household survey
Over a third of adults exceeded the daily limits for regular drinking on at least one day during the week before interview despite growing awareness of safe drinking levels, annual data on smoking and drinking from the Office for National Statistics showed
Current advice on drinking is that men should not regularly drink more than three to four units of alcohol and women should not regularly drink more than two to three units. The General Household Survey (GHS) 2007 report shows that 37 per cent of adults exceeded the benchmark and 20 per cent of adults consumed more than double the benchmark on their heaviest drinking day of the week.
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02/02/2009 by admin.
A Glasgow study published in the journal of Alcohol & Alcoholism has suggested that higher achieving women are drinking more than women from lower socio economic groups. The study suggests a growing number of women from affluent backgrounds are risking their health by drinking dangerous amounts.
Among middle class women wine was found to be the most popular form of alcohol.
The study which was based on interviews with 2,000 men & women in the west of Scotland also found that working-class men outdrank professional men.
Alcohol and Alcoholism is the official journal of the Medical Council on Alcohol
Posted in Women & alcohol, Alcohol | 1 Comment »
14/11/2008 by admin.
Detecting alcohol is simple and easy with modern biotechnology. A simple dip strip test is available which can either be used in saliva to give an immediate measure of the blood alcohol concentration, or in any liquid to detect the presence of alcohol.
If used in liquids other than saliva, the alcohol test strip will not be able to show the concentration of the alcohol, as the colour pad is specific to determining blood alcohol levels from human saliva. All that can be determined is the presence of alcohol by a blue green colour pad change. If no alcohol is present, the pad stays ‘off white.’
Results take just 2 minutes. Each foil has colour interpretation guides printed for easy interpretation of results. Alcohol test strips are quick, cheap to buy and easy to use with no additional equipment needed. There’s no need to buy massive quantities, with pack sizes starting from just 3 tests
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10/11/2008 by admin.
Today MP’s are to call for an end to alcohol promotions such as the ‘happy hour’ to come to an end.
A Home Affairs Select Committee report on policing will report on the increasing problems caused to the police by the changes in the alcohol legislation in 2005
Here is an extract from the todays Times newspaper coverage
Cheap drinks promotions such as happy hours and price discounts should to be banned in an attempt to address growing evidence of rising drunken violence, MPs will say today.
Police forces are diverting significant resources into alcohol-related crime at the expense of other offences, the Home Affairs Select Committee will report.
In a major report on policing, it sounded a warning of the growing problems caused by changes to the licensing laws in 2005, as well as raising a raft of concerns about other areas of police work.
The committee is calling for cheap drink promotions to be banned as part of a move to make the alcohol trade’s voluntary standards compulsory with a more effective inspection regime and penalties for breaches. In 2007, alcohol was 69 per cent more affordable in Britain than in 1980.
The report highlighted a 25 per cent increase in serious violent crimes committed between 3am and 6am, and pointed to British Crime Survey figures showing 45 per cent of victims of violence say their assailant was under the influence of alcohol.
The committee expressed concerned that, as one force put it, “the whole focus of officer shift patterns is to deploy sufficient resources at weekends to cope with alcohol-fuelled disorder, and football violence”. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, has said that alcohol is a factor in over 30 per cent of city centre arrests.
Click here to read the full article
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28/10/2008 by admin.
UK Breathalysers settings vary from international models. Choosing a digital breathalyser which offers UK specific settings, has UK based technical support and service options can enhance the ownership experience and overall value considerably.
ValueBreathalysers is a professional medical supply company specialising in the supply and service of UK specific breathalysers and drug and alcohol testing kits to professional, business and consumer purchasers.
Details of UK legislation and testing guides can be found on their web site. All digital breathalysers supplied come pre-set to UK specifications and all alarm settings are pre-set to give end users ample notice of significant blood alcohol readings.
Breathalyser sales are backed up with full UK based warrantee and service, together with best value breathalyser consumables and spares. Post sales support is excellent with many satisfied customer testimonials, all available on their well maintained web site by the pro-active management team.
To view the current range of 2008 and new 2009 breathalyser models see www.valuebreathalysers.co.uk
Posted in Breathalyser Limit, Drug Testing, Value breathalysers, Breathalysers, Alcohol | 1 Comment »