[tuxedocat]

I had a few drinks of whiskey and coke Sunday evening last drink was around 10 pm. I am having a urine test done Wednesday around 5 pm. It is the ETG/ETS test. Will I pass?

[DrBill100]

It isn't possible to even venture a guess based on "a few drinks." Need number of drinks across a specified time.

[tuxedocat]

It isn't possible to even venture a guess based on "a few drinks." Need number of drinks across a specified time period.

It was 4 strong drinks. I am female and weigh about 180 lbs and 5ft 5

[tuxedocat]

It was 4 strong drinks. I am female and weigh about 180 lbs and 5ft 5

It was witin a 4 hour time

[DrBill100]

Rounding your drinks to 8 (strong) you would 5 hr alcohol (EtOH) elimination and rounding that down to 60 hr elimination for EtG you should probably be clear. Females eliminate a little faster than males. It also considers that you drink regularly. Any EtG would be at low levels so another consideration is the cutoff used for the test.

[tuxedocat]

Rounding your drinks to 8 (strong) you would 5 hr alcohol (EtOH) elimination and rounding that down to 60 hr elimination for EtG you should probably be clear. Females eliminate a little faster than males. It also considers that you drink regularly. Any EtG would be at low levels so another consideration is the cutoff used for the test.

Thank You. A friend of mine had a urine test done wasn't expecting it. It was for a job. Her results came back positive. She doesn't understand what the paper is telling her. She wanted me to ask you if you could tell her. Ethyl Glucuronide LCMSMS >10000 ng/ml Ethyl Sulfate LCMSMS 2

614 ng/ml Validity Creatinine/SPGR normal creatinine Urine 244.5 mg/dl

[DrBill100]

Thank You. A friend of mine had a urine test done wasnt expecting it. It was for a job. Her results came back positive. She doesnt understand what the paper is telling her. She wanted me to ask you if you could tell her. Ethyl Glucuronide LCMSMS >10000 ng/ml Ethyl Sulfate LCMSMS 2

1) The EtG cited is very high. Although the literature is sparse on the quantity it is often cited that one drink creates a peak EtG of 6-8000 at about 3-5 hrs. 2) Further, the Ethyl Sulfate doesn't seem to correspond. Did you truncate this 2?

Also, what type of workplace. Why was the test required? The test has no validity in relation to impairment, i.e. testing for suspicion of drinking, it is used only to determine past consumption.

[tuxedocat]

1) The EtG cited is very high. Although the literature is sparse on the quantity it is often cited that one drink creates a peak EtG of 6-8000 at about 3-5 hrs. 2) Further, the Ethyl Sulfate doesn't seem to correspond. Did you truncate this 2?

Also, what type of workplace. Why was the test required? The test has no validity in relation to impairment, ie testing for suspicion of drinking, it is used only to determine past consumption.

2614 ng/ml.The job was driving a forklift at a local company.

[DrBill100]

2614 ng/ml.The job was driving a forklift at a local company.

Now it fits together. EtS is also a metabolite of ethanol and is created in lesser quantity and by a different physiologic pathway but the variance was too great. These figures would indicate that the individual had probably consumed alcohol on the day of the test, probably within a 3-5 hour period. Could that be?

It's still a bit unusual to use EtG as a pre-screening for job. However, unless the company comes under federal guidelines or union regulations they can pretty much administer any test of choice. Had the individual been offered the job contingent on passing?

[tuxedocat]

Now it fits together. EtS is also a metabolite of ethanol and is created in lesser quantity and by a different physiologic pathway but the variance was too great. These figures would indicate that the individual had probably consumed alcohol on the day of the test, probably within a 3-5 hour period. Could that be?

It's still a bit unusual to use EtG as a pre-screening for job. However, unless the company comes under federal guidelines or union regulations they can pretty much administer any test of choice. Had the individual been offered the job contingent on passing?

She had a drink a couple of mint julips about 4 hours before. She didn't know shew would be given a alcohol test or she wouldn't have done it.
Thank You

[Fr_Chuck]

So she was working and drinking on or right before the job??

[tuxedocat]

She had a drink a couple of mint julips about 4 hours before. She didnt know shew would be given a alcohol test or she wouldnt have done it.
Thank You

You need to learn to spell. No she didn't know they didn't tell her.

[tuxedocat]

So she was working and drinking on or right before the job ???

6 hours before interview