Product Name Specimen Catalog No. Quantity per box Alcohol Strip Saliva ABT-ACH-A187 100T/50T KEY POINTS Detection for:  Alcohol in human saliva at a cut-off concentration of 0.02% (20mg/dL); Reading time:  2 minutes; Agreement:  98%.   INTRODUCTION of Drug Of Abuse Rapid Tests Two-thirds of all adults drink alcohol.1However, alcohol intoxication can lead to loss of alertness, coma, death and birth defects. The blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at which a person becomes impaired is variable. The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has established a BAC of 0.02%(20mg/dL) as the cut-off level at which an individual is considered positive for the presence of alcohol. Determination of ethyl alcohol in urine, blood and saliva is commonly used for measuring legal impairment, alcohol poisoning, etc. Gas chromatography techniques and enzymatic methods are commercially available for the determination of ethyl alcohol in human fluids. ACCU-TELL ®  Alcohol Rapid Test Strip (Saliva) is designed to detect ethyl alcohol in saliva specimens.   INTENDED USE ACCU-TELL ®  Alcohol Rapid Test Strip (Saliva) is a One Step method for the detection of Alcohol in human saliva at a cut-off concentration of 0.02% (20mg/dL). This assay provides only a qualitative, preliminary analytical test result. An alternate, non-enzymatic technology must be used in order to obtain a confirmed analytical result. Headspace gas chromatography is the preferred confirmatory method.   Allow the pouched strip to equilibrate to room temperature (15-27 °C) prior to testing. Abstain from placing anything in the mouth for fifteen (15) minutes prior to beginning the test. This includes non-alcoholic drinks, tobacco products, coffee, breath mints and food, etc 1.         Open the pouch package and remove the test strip. Observe the reactive pad on the end of the test strip. If the reaction pad has a blue color before applying saliva sample, do not use. 2.         Saturate the reactive pad with saliva from collection cup or by applying saliva directly to the pad. (It usually takes 6-8 seconds to be saturated.) Start timer immediately after saliva application. 3.         Read result at two (2) minutes. Compare the color of the reaction pad with the color card to determine the relative blood alcohol level.