Blood Testing & Possible Contaminants in the Vial
Mar 25, 2009
More Than One Culprit There are a host of other organisms that are capable of altering the blood alcohol content of a specimen. In a study involving over 100 specimens ninety-four percent of all for...
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Asthma Inhalers and Breath Alcohol Testing
Feb 05, 2009
False High Reading on Infrared Breath Testing Devices. A study conducted in 1998 added information to the question of alveolar exchange alteration. T. Martinez and R. Martinez, The Effect of an Inhal...
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Problems When Drawing Blood Samples
Jan 18, 2009
Failure to Invert IS a Big Deal The largest manufacturer of blood collection kits in the country readily admits that the failure to invert the tubes eight to ten times may result in microclotting of ...
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Forensic Blood Tests: Not Always the Gold Standard
Jan 18, 2009
When an expiration date has passed, look for the following problems: 1. A bad seal on the vacutainer, which is impossible to detect after the test, because it has been opened.
2. Improper amount o...
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Driving Under the Influence... When You're Not...
Jan 10, 2009
The Changing Legal Landscape "We need to treat DUID as important [an offense] as murder, rape, and child molestation.” — John Bobo, Director, National Traffic Law Center. “Enforcement and Prosecution...
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The Effects of Sedative-Hypnotic Drug Products on Sleep Driving
Jan 09, 2009
FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products These risks include severe allergic reactions and complex sleep-related behaviors, which may include sleep-driving. Sleep driving is de...
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Old-fashioned Heartburn: Its Effect on a Breath Test
Jan 09, 2009
GERD - How it Can Alter Your Breath Test The impact on breath testing is whether alcohol erupting from the stomach into the mouth from gastric reflux (generally a silent response) poses a problem wit...
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Problems with Infrared Breath Testing Devices
Jan 09, 2009
Intoxilyzers and Other Infrared Breath Testing Machines Have Similar Problems A major issue with infrared breath testing devices is that they not only detect the ethyl alcohol found in alcoholi...
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Sandra Veiga's Inspection of the Intoxilyzer 8000 in Miami-Dade County
Jan 09, 2009
Florida Breath Tests in Doubt Defense attorneys were in a Miami courtroom on October 23, 2008, seeking a judge’s order to inspect the hard drives every Intoxilyzer 8000 used in Miami-Dade County. Bef...
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