Alcohol Testing

Alcohol testing includes breath alcohol testing and the urine alcohol test.

Breath Alcohol Test – The test is performed by a trained breath alcohol technician (BAT) using an Evidential Breath Testing (EBT) device.

Breath alcohol tests are suitable for:

• Personal uses
• Legal uses (probation, child custody, etc.)
• Employers
• DOT-regulated businesses and individuals

DOT-regulated employers must use breath alcohol testing for compliance with DOT alcohol testing requirements.

Urine Alcohol Test – Urine alcohol tests are easy to conduct, and typically go back 36 hours, making them a viable option for personal uses, like parents wanting to determine if their child consumed alcohol, as well as legal ones, like probation alcohol testing.

However, standard urine alcohol testing may not be best suited for workplace testing. The challenge is that a positive urine alcohol test is not indicative of current alcohol impairment, nor does it definitively indicate beverage alcohol consumption.