Blood alcohol screening

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This device was evaluated and determined to provide results in agreement with those for breath or venous blood ethanol.The Q.E.D. is suited for on-site use in the emergency department, in the workplace, and potentially at the roadside. It is approved by the DOT for alcohol screening. Although designed for measurement of alcohol in saliva, the Q.E.D. provides accurate measurements for serum ethanol as weU. ... 

Clinical samples of urine, blood, expired air, and tissue have been examined using headspace sampling approaches. Thus, chlorinated organic compounds, methanol, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and phenols have been determined in urine. Volatile substances in urine have also been used as a guide to acute poisoning, and the determination of stimulants in urine has been proposed as screening test for field use. The determination of the concentration of blood alcohol is the most well-known application of headspace techniques to biological samples. Blood has also been examined for cyanide, methyl sulfide, and formaldehyde levels, the last as a measure of methanol intoxication. The headspace approach for blood samples overcomes the difficulties associated with the alternative direct injection of two-phase samples. 

Potassium dichromate oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid is the basis for the original breath alcohol screening test used by law enforcement agencies to determine a person s blood alcohol content. The test is based on the difference in color between the dichromate ion (reddish orange) in the reagent and the chromium(lll) ion (green) in the product. Thus, color change can be used as a measure of the quantity of ethanol present in a breath sample ... 

Employees on duty must not be under the influence of drugs or have a Blood-Alcohol Content of more than 0.04 of one percent. Provision is made for testing employees after an accident, as part of pre-employment screening, and also with cause and on a random basis. 

Donovan JE. Estimated blood alcohol concentrations for child and adolescent drinking and their implications for screening instmments. Pediatrics. 2009 123 e975-e981. 

If the test is positive, the urine is examined microscopically for red blood cells. If no red blood cells are found, a tentative diagnosis of myoglobinuria is made, serum chemistries are obtained, and the patient is held to rule out rhabdomyolysis. If the uric acid and creatinine kinase (CK) values are normal, and the patient is asymptomatic, he/she is discharged from the hospital. Routine toxicology tests include urinary PCP, serum alcohol, and hypnotic screen. 

Detection bias occurs in convenience-cohort studies when any measure of substance exposure is correlated with differences in medical scrutiny. For example, the positive relationship between reser-pine (a blood pressure medication) and breast cancer might be attributable to the fact that women under treatment for high blood pressure are more likely to have breast exams, which detect otherwise silent breast cancers (Feinstein 1988, 1261). The same might be true of the relationship between alcohol intake and breast cancer, because alcohol could be a surrogate for income and more frequent breast cancer screening and mammography (Feinstein 1988, 1261). 

There are many examples of relatively straightforward use of ICP-MS for the analysis of biological fluids. Antimony has been measured in blood after a 14 1 dilution [236]. Cesium serum levels were found to be elevated in patients with alcohol dementia but not in Alzheimer s disease patients [237]. Cobalt levels in rat serum depended on the form of cobalt [238] ingested. Bismuth levels were measured in human blood and urine by using a direct injection nebulizer [239]. Lead was measured in the blood and blood plasma of smelter workers and the general population [240]. The measurement of trace elements in serum by ICP-MS has been compared to results from neutron activation analysis and proton-induced x-ray emission [241]. Semiquantitative analysis can also be used to obtain a rapid screening of samples [242]. 

On Friday night, he had been at a local dance club, where he was reported to have ingested soft drinks. An autopsy was performed, and multiple toxicological screens of blood and bile samples did not detect alcohol or other drugs. However, eight days later, a test on previously obtained serum detected a level of 27 milligrams/Liter of GHB. 

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