Determining an Appropriate Standard for Duplicate Breath Test Agreement

Gullberg, Rod G.

doi:10.1080/00085030.2006.10757133

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“…Beyond the instrumental requirements and safeguards, state and local governing agencies routinely require additional evidential test restrictions and regulatory safeguards. Many BAPs require subjects to provide replicate samples, usually taken a few minutes apart, that must be in close agreement with each other . If any status code or message is received on one of the tests or the two tests are not in agreement, the subject must provide either a third test or two new tests, depending on the jurisdiction.…”

Section: Instrument Status Codes and Their Causementioning

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The Effect of Alcohol‐Based Hand Sanitizer Vapors on Evidential Breath Alcohol Test Results

Strawsine

Lutmer

2017

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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This study was undertaken to determine if the application of alcohol-based hand sanitizers (ABHSs) to the hands of a breath test operator will affect the results obtained on evidential breath alcohol instruments (EBTs). This study obtained breath samples on three different EBTs immediately after application of either gel or foam ABHS to the operator's hands. A small, but significant, number of initial analyses (13 of 130, 10%) resulted in positive breath alcohol concentrations, while 41 samples (31.5%) resulted in a status code. These status codes were caused by ethanol vapors either in the room air or their inhalation by the subject, thereby causing a mouth alcohol effect. Replicate subject samples did not yield any consecutive positive numeric results. As ABHS application can cause a transitory mouth alcohol effect via inhalation of ABHS vapors, EBT operators should forego the use of ABHS in the 15 min preceding subject testing.

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Section: Instrument Status Codes and Their Causementioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Alcohol‐Based Hand Sanitizer Vapors on Evidential Breath Alcohol Test Results

Strawsine

Lutmer

2017

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…An unusual postmortem urine/blood alcohol concentration ratio was determined in a victim (335). A proposed decision rule provides a sound statistical basis for establishing fitness-for-purpose in duplicate breath alcohol measurement (336). Blood samples were analyzed for ethanol by headspace (HS) gas chromatography (337).…”

Section: Drugs and Poisonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forensic Science

2007

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Short Tandem Repeats 4367 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms 4367 Y-Chromosome and X-Chromosome Analysis 4368 Mitochondrial DNA Typing 4369 Nonhuman DNA Typing Systems and Microbial Forensics 4369 DNA Databases, Mass Screens, and Mass Disasters 4369 Interpretation and Statistical Weight of DNA Typing Results 4370 General Reviews 4370 Trace Evidence 4370 Petroleum Products and Explosives 4370 Hairs, Fibers, Glass, and Paint 4371 Gunshot Residue Analysis 4372 Fingerprints 4372 Miscellaneous Trace Evidence 4372 Drugs and Poisons 4373 Ethanol and Volatiles 4373 Cannabinoids 4373 Morphine and Related Narcotics 4373 Amphetamines 4374 Benzodiazepines 4375 γ-Hydroxybutyrate and Related Compounds 4375 Miscellaneous Drugs 4375 Other Techniques 4376 Literature Cited 4377This applications review aims to present a concise survey of articles appearing in publications that primarily appeal to forensic practitioners. With this objective, we have focused our attention on the following journals:

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