Alcohol - Urine
Alcohol - ETHANOLis the main component in all alcoholic beverages like beer, wine, and other forms of liquors. This test evaluates the alcohol level in the urine specimen. Most persons under the suspicion of the drunk and driven cases may undergo this test legally. A high concentration of alcohol content in the blood causes behavioral changes in a person and loss of body-mind coordination. This test evaluates the alcohol present in the Urine sample. This test helps to ensure that person had alcoholic liquor in the last 2-3 days.
ALCOHOL (Urine):
CLINICAL INFORMATION :
Urine alcohol or ethanol levels may be ordered in suspected alcohol ingestion (illegally drunk or intoxicated) as well as the altered mental status of unknown etiology, coma, psychiatric emergencies, and history of other ingestions (toxic alcohol such as methanol, salicylates).
Symptoms of alcohol intoxication include confusion, lack of coordination, unsteadiness that makes it hard to stand or walk, and erratic or unsafe driving.
Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) test is widely used to detect the presence of ethyl glucuronide (an end product of ethanol ingestion excreted by kidneys in urine) in urine. Most of the alcohol is processed by the liver and the rest is eliminated from the body through sweat and breath. Hence it can also be tested in blood, hair, and nails apart from urine, never less, urine is the most preferred specimen.
This Multi-Specialty Clinical Referral Laboratory “RTDIAGNOSTICS” provides precise and accurate tests with an extensive range of testing services to the medical centers to help in the diagnosis and identification of pathology in the test specimens for infectious diseases and also to evaluate the function of organ systems of the patient. It prevents further complications and helps to stabilize and restore health to near normalcy at the earliest without delay.
General instructions:
Sample Requirement: Specimen - urine specimen, Test Preparation: None.
NOTE - Sample for specimen collections may vary based on the patient’s condition/cases according to the patient’s presentingcomplaints / signs or symptoms:
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT (Special or Rare Cases) - As instructed and guided by Physician / Clinician / Pathologist / as per Laboratory’s requirements, according to procedures and protocols.
