How long does it take for alcohol to leave your system in a urine test

Jake2008 · Sep 1, 2010, 09:10 AM

It depends upon the type of test. Not necessarily the volume of alcohol, as some tests detect use, long after it has left your system.

With some urine alcohol tests, alcohol can be detected up to around 48 hours after a person has ingested alcohol. With the EtG Urine Alcohol Test, however the presence of EtG in the urine demonstrates that ethanol alcohol was ingested within the past 3 or 4 days, or roughly 80 hours after the ethanol alcohol has been metabolized by the body.

As a result, it can be determined that a urine alcohol test employing EtG is a more accurate indicator of the recent consumption of alcohol as opposed to simply measuring for the existence of ethanol alcohol (as is done many other urine alcohol tests).

Let's use one of the above examples to further illustrate the ramifications of the EtG Urine Alcohol Test. As stated above, a person with a blood alcohol concentration of .15 will have no measurable alcohol in his or her bloodstream ten hours after the last drink.

With the EtG Urine Alcohol Test, however, the presence of EtG in the urine reveals that ethanol alcohol was consumed within the past 80 hours or so which could mean many hours after the ethanol alcohol has been metabolized by the body.How Long Will Alcohol Stay In the System For Urine Tests

loosairo · Mar 23, 2012, 06:36 AM

The newest and what was thought to be the best test, is an Etg. This will give results for several days if you've been drinking.

If you need to take the test and it becomes positive, please remember, an Etg test is not a given. It can show presence of laundry detergent (anything with Ethyl Alcohol)in your system and is becoming less used by any industry that requires screening. A CBC would be necessary (that's 20 levels of blood testing), and I'm sure it's costs are considerably more. And if they want to do that, they have to charge everybody.

nicenecie222 · Jul 3, 2012, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by apexwood

I have a urine test on thursday at about 8:00 pm but I basically spent all day Tuesday drinking beers and wine till about 7:00pm that's about a 48 hour window. I weigh about 265 pounds. Will the alcohol be gone for that urine test?

It is a 11 panel urine test for probation

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