Ethylotest

A portable device that can be efficiently used for onsite alcohol detection, the ethylotest is currently the preferred choice for testing the blood alcohol content of DUI suspects. However, although police officers were the first to use the ethylotest for identifying drunk drivers in traffic, nowadays this highly reliable and accurate device is also used by companies and schools that perform random tests on their employees or students to see if they have come to work or school intoxicated. Thus,...

The history of the ethylotest starts in 1938, with the development of the first device that measured the blood to breath ratio. Thus, the ethylotest came to replace the expensive and time-consuming blood or urine tests and has been used ever since to measure the blood alcohol content. Of course, it goes without saying that the ethylotest has suffered many changes throughout the years, in the attempt to make it as accurate and reliable as possible. One of the main features thanks to which the eth...