Have you come across the term BAC before? It stands for Blood Alcohol Concentration. Whenever you get pulled over by a police officer and you blow into a breathalyzer, your BAC level is what is measured. BAC is the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream or on one’s breath. BAC is expressed as the weight of ethanol, measured in grams, in 100 milliliters of blood, or 210 liters of breath. BAC can be measured by breath, blood, or urine tests.  A breathalyzer is the most common way of measuring your BAC level as the devices are portable and give accurate estimates. Be Safe Solutions is one company that sells a wide range of breathalyzers for personal use and light or heavy commercial use.

Measuring BAC

Trying to judge your BAC by the number of drinks consumed is a poor way of measuring your intoxication due to the wide variation in physiology and individual alcohol tolerance. There is a lot to consider such as :

• Body weight
• Gender
• Body fat percentage

Neither BAC nor the numbers of drinks you consume are necessarily accurate indicators of the level of impairment. Alcohol tolerance varies from one person to another and can be affected by a very wide range of factors such as genetics, adaptation to chronic alcohol use, and the effects of drugs.

Breathalyzer

The breathalyzer was developed way back in the nineteen-hundreds and as since been improved. The devices now are much more portable and accurate. However they so sometimes give false readings due to containments other than alcohol. The higher end breathalyzer is made with a platinum fuel sensor which does not get affected to much but will still need calibrating from time to time.

Safe BAC

In South Africa, the legal limit is a breath alcohol content of 0.24mg per 1,000ml, or a blood alcohol limit of 0.05g per 100ml. But there is no safe BAC. Once you are under the influence of alcohol you are risk if you get behind the wheel of a car.

Get yourself a personal breathalyzer or send it as a gift to a friend and you may save someone’s life.  Visit our online shop to get your personal breathalyzer today!  Be Safe.