![]() ![]() The RFID-equipped analyzer that is placed in the urinal: 1) detects 2) reads and 3) records information generated by the urine analyzer on the patron’s RFID tag. The urinal-based analyzer consists of a series of bespoke urine testing devices. It pairs RFID technology with a urine-testing device modified to fit at the bottom of a urinal. ![]() The design of the system is quite clever. Urine Analyzer is Paired with RFID Technology By identifying drivers, testing their urine for alcohol content with a custom-designed device in urinals, and discouraging them from driving drunk. “Our solution took anti-drunk-driving messaging to a new level. “Anti-drink driving awareness advertisements have almost become blind spots,” contended a DDB Singapore spokesperson in the story. This video by DBB explains how the Pee Analyzer works. Singapore sees 2,141 cases of drunk driving a year. The device lets patrons know when they are too drunk to drive and encourages them to get alternative transportation, noted an article published by. The Pee Analyzer system was developed by the advertising firm DDB Group Singapore as part of an anti-drink/drive campaign for Singapore’s Zouk nightclub. It’s a well-known fact that those most in need of having their keys taken away are the least likely to realize they’re drunk. Pee Analyzer Warns Patrons When They’re Over the Legal Alcohol Limit The analyzer is paired with a RFID device that identifies the individual peeing into the urinal and records his alcohol level on the patron’s parking tag, which is embedded with an RFID tag. The Pee Analyzer (pictured) has been modified to fit in the bottom of urinals and screens urine for ethyl glucuronide, which is a unique metabolite of alcohol that indicates the level of alcohol in blood. Of course, careful readers of Dark Daily will recall our e-briefing earlier this year about the iPhone app now available that can perform urine analysis.(Dark Daily, New iPhone App Allows Customers to Test Their Urine on the Go for as Many as 25 Different Diseases,” April 26, 2013.) So maybe it was only a matter of time before someone would develop a practical device like the urinal-based Pee Analyzer, which tests the alcohol level of bar patrons to prevent drunks from driving themselves home. Urine Analysis Using iPhones and Mobile Applications ![]() As used in Singapore, this program pairs the diagnostic testing device with an RFID chip and wireless technology to provide a real-time analysis and alert whenever the alcohol level of a customer participating in this program exceeds the legal limit for safe driving. Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will find this initiative to not only be humorous, but instructive as to how innovative thinkers will apply diagnostic technologies in unorthodox ways. In the world of point-of-care testing (POCT), this may be the most humorous attempt to perform medical laboratory testing in an unusual setting: the men’s toilet at a night club! As part of an anti-drunk driving campaign, a nightclub in Singapore has installed urine analyzers in urinals that automatically signal management when a patron is too drunk to drive. Effort to do medical laboratory tests at point-of-care is not perfect, but the system did encourage 342 of the 573 drunks identified by the tests to take a ride home ![]()
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