| Say goodbye to the martini lunch. Keeping your | | | | any other substances with a similar chemical |
| job might depend on it. That's because over the | | | | structure to alcohol. With the 99.99% accuracy of |
| last few years, workplace breathalyzers have | | | | fuel cell breathalyzers, employers are more |
| become more affordable and sophisticated, | | | | comfortable in performing alcohol testing in the |
| allowing more businesses to have one onsite. | | | | workplace. |
| Previously, most corporate jobs would require a | | | | Along with improved science in alcohol detention, |
| pre-employment alcohol screening and occasional | | | | the latest advancements in workplace |
| random alcohol tests. But they were conducted | | | | breathalyzer design, like the all-in-one unit, make it |
| off-site at a testing laboratory where you knew | | | | affordable for any business to invest in a breath |
| the scheduled day and time and could make plans | | | | test device. This is being seen in a number of |
| not to drink in the day or so leading up to the | | | | industries where the personal safety of others is |
| test. But now, employee testing for alcohol use | | | | on the line, such as transportation, hospitals and |
| can take place on the spot in the workplace. | | | | construction. |
| Technology has changed the alcohol testing field. | | | | A worksite breathalyzer means employees can |
| Portable breathalyzers that incorporate internal | | | | be tested at any time, such as before starting |
| memory storage, a keypad and a printer within | | | | the workday or after meal breaks if the |
| the unit are now affordably priced so more and | | | | employer suspects drinking. And with all-in-one |
| more workplaces are conducting employee alcohol | | | | breathalyzers, results can be saved, employee |
| screenings on the premises. The alcohol breath | | | | information inputted to link to the results, and |
| tests can be done instantly and provide immediate | | | | alcohol test results printed with information |
| results, so if an employee is suspected of drinking | | | | outlining test details and specifications. The results |
| on the job or is known for having a few alcoholic | | | | are accurate and detailed enough to hold up as |
| beverages at lunch, employers have the means | | | | evidence in a court of law. |
| to back up their suspicions with accurate blood | | | | With the advances in workplace breathalyzer |
| alcohol concentration (BAC) results. | | | | devices, drinking on the job is no longer something |
| Fuel cell technology is giving employers more | | | | that can be kept from the employer. With |
| confidence in performing alcohol testing onsite. | | | | employers looking for ways to reduce their |
| Unlike the semi conductor breathalyzer that is | | | | liabilities and enhance productivity, an onsite |
| sensitive to any chemical substance and can result | | | | employee alcohol test can quickly and accurately |
| in a false positive reading, a fuel cell breathalyzer | | | | provide your boss with just cause for firing you. |
| senses only ethyl alcohol and does not register | | | | |