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© 1990 Medical Council on Alcohol

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THE EFFECTS OF SWABBING THE SKIN ON APPARENT BLOOD ETHANOL CONCENTRATION

G. J. PEEK, A. MARSH*, J. KEATING, R. J. WARD and T. J. PETERS

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry Denmark Hill, London, SE5, U.K.
*Biochemistry Department, The Maudsley Hospital Denmark Hill, London, SE5, U.K.

Received 9 May 1990; accepted 15 August 1990

The swabbing of the arm with ethanol before venepuncture significantly raised the apparent blood ethanol concentration, when compared to the unswabbed arm. In contrast, when isopropanol was substituted for ethanol in these studies, no change in the blood ethanol concentration was determined.


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