INFRARED QUANTITATIVE EVIDENTIAL BREATH-ALCOHOL ANALYZERS: IN VITRO ACCURACY AND PRECISION STUDIES

The in vitro accuracy and precision of four infrared breath-alcohol analyzers, the Alcotest 7010, BAC Verifier, Intoxilyzer 5000, and Intoximeter 3000, were studied with a protocol adapted from portions of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) "Standard for Devices to Measure Breath Alcohol." Statistical evaluation of these studies indicated that all instruments met or exceeded the performance requirements modified from the U.S. DOT Standard for quantitative evidential breath-alcohol analyzers.

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  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • Goldberger, B A
  • Caplan, Y H
• Publication Date: 1986-1

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 16-19
• Serial:
  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 1
  • 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: Accuracy; Alcohol breath tests; Performance evaluations
• Old TRIS Terms: Breathalyzers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491796
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 993
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM