Ethyl glucuronide (EtG), a minor ethanol metabolite is present in urine when an individual consumes alcohol. Positive EtG results provide a strong indication that a person has recently been exposed to alcohol, even when ethanol is no longer detectable. The detection window for a urine EtG test ranges from 24 to 80 hours, depending on cutoff and usage patterns.
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Specimens that screen presumptively positive for EtG are confirmed by LC/MS/MS for both EtG and ethylsulfate (EtS), another longer-term ethanol metabolite, the process reduces both turnaround times and costs for negative results.
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Early recognition of problem drinking or relapse for court-related purposes such as criminal justice or child welfare is important to help assure effective treatment and to protect at-risk populations. Until recently, screening protocols have been hampered by insufficiently sensitive diagnostic methods. The reliability of self-reporting is limited by underreporting, and the time frame for identifying alcohol use via ethanol testing is usually limited to 12 hours because of rapid metabolism and excretion.
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EtG alcohol testing provides an 80 hour look back period for zero tolerance alcohol testing.