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© 1987 Medical Council on Alcohol

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REDUCTIONS IN BREATH ETHANOL READINGS IN NORMAL MALE VOLUNTEERS FOLLOWING MOUTH RINSING WITH WATER AT DIFFERING TEMPERATURES

PETER M. GAYLARDE*, DRAGO STAMBUK{dagger} and MARSHA Y. MORGAN{dagger},

*Department of Dermatology The Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. Hampstead, London NW3 2QG, U.K.
{dagger}Academic Department of Medicine The Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG, U.K.

Address correspondence to: Dr M. Y. Morgan, Medical Unit, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG, U.K.

Received 6 December 1986; accepted 17 February 1986

Blood ethanol concentrations were measured sequentially. over a period of hours. using a Lion AE-D2 alcolmeter, in 12 healthy male subjects given oral ethanol 0.5 g/kg body wt. Readings were taken before and after rinsing the mouth with water at varying temperatures. Mouth rinsing resulted in a reduction in the alcolmeter readings at all water temperatures tested. The magnitude of the reduction was greater after rinsing with water at lower temperatures. This effect occurs because rinsing cools the mouth and dilutes retained saliva. This finding should be taken into account whenever breath analysis is used to estimate blood ethanol concentrations in experimental situations.


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