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Old 30th Mar 2009, 23:23
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You would have to be insane not to opt for a blood test. That test specifically for Ethanol in blood.

The common breathalyzer is an IR Spec machine which will pick up any -OH group and is not a great analytic instrument.

I'm saying this as someone who has used IR on a frequent basis and it is a horribly inaccurate way of working out alcohol levels.
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