Description

Testing of an employee under Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations involves a screening test for alcohol followed by a confirmatory test. The screening test must be cancelled if a "fatal flaw" occurs.


 

Fatal flaws for an alcohol screening test using a saliva test:

(1) The screening test technician reads a saliva screening test sooner than the time indicated by the manufacturer.

(2) The screening test technician reads a saliva screening after than the time indicated by the manufacturer.

(3) The device for a screening saliva test does not activate.

(4) The device used for a screening saliva test was used after the expiration date for the kit.

 

Fatal flaws for an alcohol screening test using an ethanol breath test:

(1) There is a discrepancy between the unique sequential test number displayed on the meter and that shown on the instrument printout.

(2) There is a discrepancy between the alcohol concentration displayed on the meter and that shown on the instrument printout.

 

I am not sure if tampering with the printout of an ethanol breath test would be considered a fatal flaw.

 

If a fatal flaw occurs then the test must be cancelled and treated as if it never occurred.

 


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