Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Random Urine, Alcohol Biomarkers Quantitative Build info

Synonyms

  • ALCOHOL BIOMARKERS QUANT UR
  • ALCBIO
  • Ethylglucuronide (ETG)
  • Ethylsulfate (ETS)
  • LAB10984

Short Name

ALCOHOL BIOMARKERS QUANT UR

Procedure Master Number

LAB10984

Procedure ID

114394

Clinical Info

Detect use of ethanol

Test IncludesEthyl glucuronide (EtG); Ethyl sulfate (EtS)

Specimen Sources

 Urine, Catheter Urine, Clean Catch Urine, Foley Urine, Nephrostomy Urine, Suprapubic

Specimen Types

 Urine

Container

Urine Cntr

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  Urine plastic vial
Specimen: 20 mL Random Urine (10mL min)  No preservative
Note: Specimen send less than minimum volume may result in cancellation.

Transport Instructions

Refigerated

Specimen Stability

3 Days Room Temperature
7 Days Refrigerated 
7 Days  Frozen

Methodology

Initial presumptive testing by immunoassay at a testing threshold of 500 ng/mL; presumptive positives confirmed by definitive liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) at the following testing thresholds: Ethyl glucuronide, 500 ng/mL; Ethyl sulfate, 250 ng/mL

Days Performed

TAT 5-7 Days

Performing Laboratory

Medtox Laboratories, Inc

CPT

80307

PDM

 5952001

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
ETHYL GLUCURONIDE ETHYLGLU ETHYL GLUCURONIDE