Ethanol
Alcohol
9.32
Do not swab the venepuncture site with alcohol. This test is not accepted for medico-legal purposes.
Heparin (light green), SST(gold), "T-" labs SST (gold)
0.2ml Heparin (light green) or Plain(red).
Referring Laboratories - Fluoride/Oxalate tube, minimal headspace, must remain sealed, label for "Ethanol"
Biochemistry
Mon - Sun, 24hrs
3 hrs
Cobas Pro enzymatic. Rural Waikato Labs - Vitros XT7600 enzymatic
11 mmol/L = legal limit
Habitual drinkers tolerate higher levels but in average patient:
20 mmol/L = mildly intoxicated
40 mmol/L = intoxicated
> 60 mmol/L = comatosed
NB: In methanol poisoning - tentative therapeutic ETOH level * 20mmol/L.
10%
Among the compounds known to give positive interference with the assay, only n-Propanol and n-Butanol could give a result which would alter clinical interpretation.
0.1 mL heparin plasma or serum.
ETOH
$ETOH
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