The limitations of mouth alcohol detection systems in breath alcohol testing: Case reports

Q1 Social Sciences
Aaron Olson
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Abstract

Contamination of a person's breath alcohol with alcohol from sources other than the lungs can falsely elevate the results of a breath alcohol test. This is known as “mouth alcohol” contamination in breath alcohol testing. To combat the issue of mouth alcohol contamination, manufacturers of breath alcohol analyzers have incorporated slope detection algorithms into their devices known as “slope detectors.” Despite this effort, breath alcohol analyzers sometimes fail to detect mouth alcohol contamination. Three case reports presented in this paper strongly suggest undetected mouth alcohol contamination. The significant legal consequences of a falsely elevated breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) due to mouth alcohol contamination require further research into the ability of slope detectors to identify mouth alcohol. Greater transparency and independent scientific examination of the algorithms involved in mouth alcohol detection systems are needed to ensure accuracy and fairness in breath alcohol testing.

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口腔酒精检测系统在呼气酒精检测中的局限性:病例报告。
一个人的呼吸酒精被肺部以外的其他来源的酒精污染,可能会错误地提高呼吸酒精测试的结果。在呼气酒精测试中,这被称为“口腔酒精”污染。为了解决口腔酒精污染问题,呼气酒精分析仪的制造商在他们的设备中加入了坡度检测算法,称为“坡度检测器”。尽管如此,呼气酒精分析仪有时还是无法检测到口腔酒精污染。本文提出的三个病例报告强烈建议未检测到的口腔酒精污染。由于口腔酒精污染导致的呼气酒精浓度错误升高(BrAC)的重大法律后果需要进一步研究斜率检测器识别口腔酒精的能力。需要对口腔酒精检测系统所涉及的算法进行更大的透明度和独立的科学检查,以确保呼气酒精检测的准确性和公平性。
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