Isopropyl Alcohol Pad Use for Blood Ethanol Sampling Does Not Cause False-Positive Results

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-10

  Miller, Michael A ^a,b   Rosin, Alex ^a   Levsky, Marc E ^a   Gregory, Timothy J D ^a   Crystal, Chad S ^a  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Central Texas Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

blood ethanol testing; isopropyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

2-PROPANOL; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447276844     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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