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I had two tall boy high gravity beers on saturday night, then went in for an etg on tuesday afternoon at about 5 pm. my urine was heavily diluted. ok?

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Is what ok?: I will document a dilute urine as a "refusal to submit to test". If that's ok, than its ok. Btw- etg results are usually given corrected for any apparent dilution.

Answered 8/19/2019

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