A female asked:
i drank two beers at 8% last night around 8:00. i failed a dipstick for alcohol today at 1:30 and my p.o sent it out for an etg. fail?. 140 lb female
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
49 years experience Pathology
Depends on the: sensitivity of the test. You will have ETG in your urine. Whether it is called positive or negative depends on the quantitative target set by the testing method.
Answered on Sep 30, 2014
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