Ethyl Glucuronide Screen Only, Urine

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Ordering Recommendation

Useful for general screening in contexts of compliance and/or abuse. For follow-up testing of a presumptive result, confirmatory testing by mass spectrometry is available. For automatic reflex testing on all presumptive positives, Ethyl Glucuronide Screen with Reflex to Quantitation, Urine (2007912) is recommended. Results do not accurately correlate with amount or frequency of ethanol use.

Mnemonic

ETG SCR UR

Methodology

Qualitative Enzyme Immuonassay

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

1-4 days

New York DOH Approval Status

This test is New York DOH approved.

Specimen Required

Patient Preparation
Collect

Random urine.

Specimen Preparation

Transfer 4 mL urine with no additives or preservatives to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Min. 1 mL)

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated.

Unacceptable Conditions
Remarks
Stability

Ambient: 1 week: Refrigerated: 1 month: Frozen: 1 month

Reference Interval

Screen cutoff concentration: 500 ng/mL

Interpretive Data

Screening results are obtained by immunoassay. Results obtained by immunoassay are not confirmed unless confirmation testing is specifically requested.

Ethyl glucuronide is a direct metabolite of ethanol and can be detected in urine up to 80 hours after ethanol ingestion. This immunoassay cutoff for positive is set at 500 ng/mL.

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by ARUP Laboratories. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. This test was performed in a CLIA certified laboratory and is intended for clinical purposes.

Compliance Category

Laboratory Developed Test (LDT)

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05/17/2021
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CPT Codes

80307

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Components

Component Test Code* Component Chart Name LOINC
2012696 Ethyl Glucuronide, Urn, Screen 58375-7
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Aliases

Ethyl Glucuronide Screen Only, Urine