The scientific instrument used to analyze the blood alcohol content (BAC) of an individual is known as a chromatograph. The key to attacking the chromatograph is the standards. The accuracy of the process depends on what you tell the chromatograph the standards are. The lab tells it what a .10 looks like, what a .20 looks like, etc. Everything is a comparison. If the standards are off, the test is worthless.
Where do the standards come from? Who prepared the standards? If the standards are commercially purchased, did the lab verify the standards? Did they test the standards on that chromatograph? The integrity of the whole process is determined by the accuracy of those standards. Did the low bidder get the contract for those standards? Chromatography rides on the validity of the standards that are used to calibrate the chromatograph.
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