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Laboratory Medicine

Test catalogue

Ethanol, Blood (Alcohol)

Test Name

Ethanol, Blood (Alcohol)

Red Tube with thin top Specimen Type / Requirements

Specimen Type / Requirements

Container Type = Red Top Tube

Minimum Testing Volume = 1mL Serum

Tube must fill to at least ½ or greater of its vacuum capacity

Specimen Handling

Collection Instructions: Collect sample in a red top tube. Do not use alcohol disinfectants at the site of venipuncture

Write your initials, date and time of collection on the collection label.

Laboratory Staff Instructions: Spin and send unopened tube to corelab.

Stability: Stable for 2 days at room temperature, 2 weeks refrigerated at 2°C-8°C and frozen at -15°C to -25°C for 1 month. .

Transportation: Transport at room temperature ASAP.

Sample Rejection Criteria: Opened tube. Non sufficient quantity.

Required Documentation

Turnaround Time (TAT)

2 hour for Trauma/Stat - 4 hours for routine

Test Utilization

Reference Value

Toxic: > 39 mmol/L L

Impairment: 11 - 22 mmol/L

Depression of CNS: > 22 mmol/L

Fatalities reported: > 87 mmol/L

Legal limit: 17.4 mmol/L

Test Code

SALCS

Methodology

Gas Chromatrography (with FID)

Testing Location

SMH-Biochemistry

Other Information

Last Updated: June 29, 2023