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Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on March 21, 2007
Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi:10.1093/alcalc/agm014
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The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol.

Sensitivity of commercial ethyl glucuronide (EtG) testing in screening for alcohol abstinence

Mark H. Wojcik and Jeffrey S. Hawthorne*

Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc., 9135S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch, Colorado—80129, USA.

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed at: 9135 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch, Colorado—80129, USA. Tel: 303-785-7787; Tel: 303-809-7064; Fax: 303-791-4262; E-mail: jhawthorne{at}alcoholmonitoring.com

Received 8 December 2006; first review notified 22 December 2006; in revised form 8 January 2007; accepted 13 February 2007


  Abstract

The ‘80 h Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG) test’ has become an idiom of the alcohol testing community, a review of the literature shows this window of detection applies only to extreme cases. EtG testing is becoming more common as a method to test for alcohol consumption in individuals who have been ordered to abstain from alcohol consumption. We tested 19 subjects using commercially available EtG kits. All urine samples collected more than 26 h after drinking had false negative results.


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