COVID-19 Preparedness and Response: Good Practices and Precautions when Using Breathalyzers

Course overview

This course aims to provide recommendations for proper use and maintenance of breath alcohol testing instruments considering the threat of the COVID-19, which is reported to be a viral disease that is often passed though airborne droplets of fluid from an infected person to another. How to use, clean and disinfect breath alcohol testing instruments becomes crucial.

The full course includes

1. Introduction
2. Unit 1: Steps to reduce disease transmission during a breath alcohol test
3. Unit 2: The difference between cleaning and disinfecting breath alcohol testing instruments
4. Unit 3: The risk of breath alcohol instrument contamination
5. Unit 4: Does isolating an instrument for a period of time ensure that the infecting micro-organism are not longer active?
6. Unit 5: User’s role
7. Unit 6: A few good practices
8. Unit 7: Routines for Cleaning & Disinfecting
9. Unit 8: Breathalyzers for law enforcement and covid-19
10. Quiz