Pitfall in the analysis of the alcohol biomarkers ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate by laboratory-caused contamination with disinfectants

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2022 Dec 26;61(6):e96-e98. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2022-1141. Print 2023 May 25.

Authors

Katharina Habler¹, Michael Paal¹, Felix Lucian Happich¹, Michael Vogeser¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 36565306
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2022-1141

No abstract available

Keywords: alcohol marker; disinfectant; ethyl glucuronide; ethyl sulfate; mecetronium ethyl sulfate.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Alcohol Drinking
Biomarkers
Disinfectants*
Ethanol
Glucuronates
Glucuronides
Humans

Substances

ethyl glucuronide
Disinfectants
diethyl sulfate
Glucuronides
Ethanol
Glucuronates
Biomarkers