@article{ref1,
title="Potential effect of alcohol content in energy drinks on breath alcohol testing",
journal="Journal of analytical toxicology",
year="2009",
author="Lutmer, Brian and Zurfluh, Carol and Long, Colin",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="167-169",
abstract="Since the advent of energy drinks in the U.S. marketplace, some defendants have claimed that positive breath alcohol test results have occurred due to the ingestion of non-alcoholic energy drinks. A variety of energy drinks were tested by gas chromatography and some 88.9% (24 of 27) were found to contain low concentrations of ethanol (5-230 mg/dL). Drinks were then consumed (24.6-32 oz) by volunteers to determine the extent of reaction that could be achieved on a portable breath-testing instrument. Eleven of 27 (40.7%) beverages gave positive results on a portable breath-testing instrument (0.006-0.015 g/210 L) when samples were taken within 1 min of the end of drinking. All tests taken by portable breath test, DataMaster, and Intox EC/IR II at least 15 min after the end of drinking resulted in alcohol-free readings (0.000 g/210 L). Affording subjects a minimum 15-min observation period prior to breath-alcohol testing eliminates the possibility that a small false-positive alcohol reading will be obtained.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-4760",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}