20/01/2012 by admin.

Earlier this month the french president announced coming legislation that will require all drivers in France to carry a breathalyzer kit in their car.

The new legislation is planned to come into force spring 2012 and is a move by the french president Nicolas Sarkozy to cut the high numbers of serious accidents & deaths on french roads, many attributable to alcohol.

The idea behind the move is that it should mean that more drivers will think before they drive.  Am I fit to drive?

 The presence of the alcohol breath test kit in the car will make them more likely to test themsleves, and then knowing that they are over the limit will reduce the numbers of drivers drink driving.

Evidence suggests that many drivers do not knowingly break the drink driving laws. They think that they are ok to drive. This new move should take the ambiguity out of the situation.

It is important to know that the french drink driving prosecution levels for normal drivers (0.05 BAC for all EU countries ) are lower than the UK’s (0.08 BAC) and this can catch british drivers out when they are travelling abroad. This means that a blood alcohol level that would be below the prosecution levels for UK may well be above the prosecution level in France or rest of EU.

This new legislation is important for anyone travelling to France to be aware of. The french police will be given powers to stop drivers and drivers found to be without breathalyzer kit in their car will face fines. Of course if you are found to be over the limit you will face prosecution.

It will be interesting to see if this new move reduces levels of drink driving. My gut feeling is that it will. If drivers breathalyse themselves and find that they are over the limit most will I think, wait, have a coffee and let their alcohol levels come down. Some may choose to leave the car and get a taxi, a bus or a lift. Most drivers will not wish to risk the terrible consequences of drink driving.

The french move raises some interesting questions;

•  Are the current UK drink driving prosecution levels set too high ?
• Should the UK drink driving prosecution levels be brought down in line with rest of EU ?
• Would similar legislation in UK regarding drivers having personal breathalyzer kits in their gloves boxes help reduce drink driving levels in the UK and cut the number of serious accidents & deaths on the roads ?

Let us know your thoughts in comments.

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15/11/2011 by admin.

The DA8000 digital breathalyzer is in our opinion the best value for money fuel cell breathalyzer in the UK to buy in 2011.

The DA-8000 is a digital breathalyzer with a professional fuel cell sensor.
This means that the DA 8000 offers fuel cell accuracy & precision, reliability and stability over a long period

Why choose the DA8000 breathalyzer

Fuel Cell Sensor
Largest detection range from 0.00 to 5.00% BAC
Best Accuracy Available +/- 0.005%BAC @ 0.1%BAC
4 Digit Display
Large & Bright LCD Baclit display
Automatic Power Off
Low Battery Indicator
Total test counter
Displays %BAC (blood alcohol concentration)

Click here to buy the DA8000 fuel cell breathalyzer

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20/07/2010 by admin.

Valuemed and our sub division valuebreathalysers now offer the market leading clinic breathalyser the AL7000 in larger clinic pack options with 250 mouth pieces in either standard or the recommended professional uni-directional valve mouth piece covers.

The AL7000 digital breathalyzer is in our opinion an ideal digital breathalyser for NHS clinics, out-patient and A&E services, Mental Health and drugs and alcohol services.

Robust design, simple to operate and with a clear 4 digit display of blood alcohol levels electronically displayed quickly after a  5 second deep lung breath sample. The AL7000 breathalyser gives the tester clear tonal indicators during sampling and calculation. The display range is from 0.000 to 400mg/100ml (UK drink driving level is 80mg/100ml BAC) The AL7000 digital breathalyser displays Blood Alcohol Levels, (not breath alcohol levels) making the electronic conversion for the tester.

A further great design advantage of the AL7000 breathalyser is the ease with which the sensor module can be changed when the calibration is exhausted. This effectively give purchasers the ability to self service and reset the unit simply by replacing the pre-calibrated sensor module, accessed by a simple cover on the rear of the breathalyser (no screw drivers or tools required) The sensor will require regular exchange in high volume test environments, either when contaninated or on a regular 300 test cycle to ensure high accuracy of +/-0.005%BAC offered by the unit.

Full PPQ details are available for NHS purchasers by return e-mail to trade@adtuk.co.uk further details and full technical specifications of the AL7000 digital breathalyser are available on-line from value-breathalysers.co.uk

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25/02/2009 by admin.

The new AL7000 digital hand held breathalyzer offers clinicians the ideal low cost alcohol detection and measuring device. The AL7000 breathalyser offers 4 digit accuracy, with direct display of actual blood alcohol levels at the time of testing.

The Al7000 breathalyzer has the all new prism semiconductor sensor. This sensor offers high accuracy alcohol detection with the convenience of sensor module exchange when the calibration has been exhausted (each sensor will give around 300 tests and can then be easily be changed on site with a new pre-calibrated sensor)

The above feature removes the need to send the Al7000 for calibration service at regular intervals to maintain accuracy. Replacement Al700 sensors are cheap and easy to fit.

The AL7000 samples a 5 second deep lung sample, just like police breathalysers.

Low cost mouth piece tubes should be used as consumables in clinic settings. The breathalyser takes standard AA batteries

Overall the AL7000 offers a robust highly accurate and reliable digital breathalyzer, getting clinics testing alcohol in patients for under £100 Full PPQ details are available for NHS purchase departments, simply e-mail trade@adtuk.co.uk or phone us on 01623 883 830 Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm

Full AL7000 breathalyser specifications here

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05/12/2008 by admin.

Valuemed is proud to announce the launch of the new 2009 model DA5000 digital semi-conductor breathalyzer.

Now supplied in our own ValueBreathalysers Branding the unit sets the benchmark for clinic use alcohol breath detection and screening, offering for the first time professional levels of accuracy in a unit costing just £34.77

The ValueBreathalysers DA5000 unit offers clinicians

• single button operation 
• sensor cleanse each test cycle improves accuracy
• 5 second deep breath lung sampling.
• flow check sample monitoring prevents suboptimal sampling-
• accuracy of +/-5mg/100ml BAC at levels of 50mg/100ml (+/-0.005%BAC @ 0.05%BAC)
• direct 3 digit mg/100ml blood alcohol concentration display
• low cost self exchange sensor for on site “self” calibration service
• low cost mouth piece tubes

Customer feedback on the 2008 model DA5000 remains excellent. The unit is robust and reliable. The new 2009 model offers ungraded firewire system management and data processing making the unit easier to read, faster to reset after sensor change and improves the user experience and confidence in the sensor function.

 The DA5000 digital breathalyser full specification is available at  ValueBreathalysers

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