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The following is an instrument used in the course of BAC or drug screening or analysis in Ontario, Canada. 

Mercury Thermometer

Made By:

Guth Industries

This NIST traceable mercury thermometer is used by all Ontario police services, except the OPP. The OPP use traceable electronic digital reference thermometers.

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Police should use a NIST traceable mercury thermometer on a regular basis to check the reliability of the digital display on a Guth 2100 or other digital wet-bath simulator.

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It can be difficult to read a mercury thermometer. It is easy to make a mistake unless you look very carefully. However, it is not safe to assume that a digital thermometer is more accurate or reliable than a mercury thermometer.

What happens if you add a NIST traceable mercury thermometer to a Guth 104D simulator? This simulator has not been maintained recently. It needs re-calibration. Although the digital display always reads 34.0C (once the simulator is warmed up) the mercury thermometer reads 34.3C.

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