DETERMINATION OF ALCOHOL IN THE BREATH OF ROAD USERS
ZUR ATEMALKOHOLBESTIMMUNG BEI VERKEHRSTEILNEHMERN
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE A CORRELATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL IN THE BREATH (AAK) AND IN THE BLOOD (BAC) 511 PERSONS WERE MEASURED FOR ALCOHOL IN THE BREATH USING EVERYDAY POLICE METHODS AND COMPARED WITH RESULTS OBTAINED GASCHROMATOGRAPHICALLY FOR MEASURING BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAC). THOSE PERSONS SELECTED WERE FROM DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING THEIR SITUATION IN TRAFFIC (THOSE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS AND FROM ROUTINE CHECKS ON VEHICLE DRIVERS) AND THEIR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL (CONTINUAL DRINKING, SLEEPING-DRUNK OR ACTIVE-DRUNK). DETERMINATIONS OF ALCOHOL IN THE BREATH WERE MADE FOR 453 CASES IN THE TOWN OF ST. GALLEN USING A STATIC "ALCOLINGER-AUTOMATIC" APPARATUS AND UNDER RURAL CONDITIONS FOR 58 PERSONS WITH MOBILE "ALCOLMETER" POCKET INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN POLICE PATROL CARS. FOR 80% OF ALL THOSE TESTED THERE WERE DIFFERENCES OF PLUS-MINUS 20% TO 30% OF BREATH-ALCOHOL TO BLOOD-ALCOHOL WHILST WITH 20% OF THOSE TESTED THE DIFFERENCE WAS EVEN GREATER. THESE DEVIATIONS WERE FOUND TO BE OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE USING BOTH INSTRUMENTS. THESE RELATIVE ERRORS ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE PHASE OF ALCOHOL PROCESSING IN THE BODY. THE BAC DETERMINATION OF THE ALCOHOL LEVEL IN THE BLOOD CAN THEREFORE, FOR ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES, NEITHER REPLACE A BLOOD ANALYSIS, NOR SERIOUSLY CHANGE THE RESULTS OF IT.
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Authors:
- PATSCHEIDER, H
- Publication Date: 1977-11
Language
- German
Media Info
- Pagination: P39
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Serial:
- 3. INTERNATIONALER VERKEHRS- UND KRAFTFAHRMEDIZINISCHER KONGRESS
- Publisher: AERZTLICHE KRAFTFAHRVEREINIGUNG OESTERREICHS
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohols; Blood alcohol levels; Breath; Chromatography
- ITRD Terms: 7347: Alcohol; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 2082: Breath; 7153: Chromatography
- Subject Areas: I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01296605
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 6:00AM