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| Title | ETHANOL/ALCOHOL SCREEN, SERUM |
| Specimen Requirement | <p>1 Plain Red/2.0 mL of serum. <strong>Do not collect in SST tube. Use nonalcohol swabs during collection.</strong> After 30 minutes of clotting, promptly centrifuge, separate and refrigerate serum.</p> |
| Methodology | |
| Stability | Refrigerated: 3 days |
| Reference Range | By Report |
| Turnaround | 1-2 days |
| Clinical Use | <p>Test unconscious patients; used to diagnose alcohol intoxication and determine appropriate therapy; detect alcoholism and to monitor ethanol treatment for methanol intoxication.</p> |
| Test Code | ETHSG |
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