Blood and Urine Alcohol Programme
This programme has responsibility for:
• The receipt and analysis of specimens of blood and urine forwarded to the Bureau and the issue of reports on such analyses
• The determination, in respect of such specimens of the concentration of alcohol in the blood or urine
• The issue of certificates of analysis
• The testing of spurious specimens
• The provision of equipment (Kits) for the taking of such specimens
• Provision of expert assistance to the Courts and the DTTAS.
• Research on drinking and drugs in relation to driving, including methods of determining the amount of alcohol or drugs in a person’s body and the epidemiology of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Medical Bureau of Road Safety
Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Health Science Centre, UCD,Belfield, Dublin 4. T: +353 1 716 5555Eircode: D04 C7X2