FIELD PERFORMANCE OF THE INTOXILYZER 5000: A COMPARISON OF BLOOD- AND BREATH-ALCOHOL RESULTS IN WISCONSIN DRIVERS

Intoxilyzer (Trademark) 5000 and blood-alcohol results from drivers arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and for related offenses were compared during a two-year period. Three hundred and ninety-five pairs of results were studied. The breath- and blood-alcohol specimens in this study were collected within 1 hr of each other. The mean blood-alcohol concentration obtained was 0.180 g/dL, with a range from zero to 0.338 g/dL. By comparison, the mean Intoxilyzer 5000 result was 0.16 g/210 L with a range from zero to 0.32 g/210 L. Compared with the blood-alcohol result, Intoxilyzer 5000 results were lower by more than 0.01 g/210 L 67% of the time, within 0.01 g/210 L 31% of the time, and higher by more than 0.01 g/210 L 2% of the time.

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  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • Harding, P M
  • Laessig, R H
  • Field, P H
• Publication Date: 1990-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1022-28
• Serial:
  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
  • ISSN: 0022-1198
  • EISSN: 1556-4029
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1556-4029

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Blood alcohol levels; Drunk driving; Performance; Traffic law enforcement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field performance
• Old TRIS Terms: Breath alcohol analyzers; Test results
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00721553
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 052
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1996 12:00AM