An ETG alcohol test can detect if someone has consumed alcohol even after there is no more ethanol left in their system. If the ETG is present in the test then that means alcohol was ingested at some point.
As far as everything I have been researching tonight, yes, a urine specimen will be sent to a lab for testing. Other sites I have looked at tonight suggest that even with heavy drinking, by 48 hours, the test will be negative- also, the etG test can have many false positives due to household cleaners like lysol or hand sanitizer. Most on-site testing uses a breathalyzer and a 5 or 10 panel system.
Water can dilute an ETG test. However, you will have to drink a large amount of water for the dilution process.
How long does a heavy drinker need to abstain to pass an etg test?
No
Etg (Ethyl Glucuronide) is the metabolite tested for, in identifying the presence of alcohol in a sample. It is highly unlikely a 10 panel drug test that it would be testing for etg.
An ETG alcohol test can detect if someone has consumed alcohol even after there is no more ethanol left in their system. If the ETG is present in the test then that means alcohol was ingested at some point.
Not if they're ONLY testing for EtG...but it's just too easy to push the "marijuana" button whenever they put a sample in the testing machinery.
EtG testing is unreliable as currently utilized (as even it's proponents acknowledge), and should never be relied upon singularly to determine alcohol consumption. The validity of the test is zero. If you are trying to pass an ETG test there are many variables that determine the BAC.
Most are. There is considerable disagreement about ETG testing. Many experts feel that it is too sensitive to be routinely used for compliance testing.
You could pass the test, with luck, but the odds are against it. ETG testing does not test for alcohol. It test for an alcohol metabolite that is present in the body for about 80 hours after alcohol is ingested. It is not directly related to the amount of alcohol, which is why it is only used for compliance testing, not for blood alcohol level testing. Since ETG tests are compliance tests, ANY detectable amount is considered to be a fail.
The ETG test is the Ethyl Glucuronide test. It is used to test for alcohol in urine. When ETG is found in the urine, it indicates that alcohol was consumed recently.
Law enforcement agencies and court systems are major users of EtG urine testing.
This is going to be a weird answer. EtG tests will not test for cocaine. They only test for a metabolite of alcohol called ethyl gluconoride--and I think it's a mistake to test for this because any topical product containing "SD Alcohol 40" (SD means "specially denatured") like hand sanitizer will cause your body to produce EtG. The EtG test has caused many nurses to lose their jobs, which is strange because nurses use huge amounts of hand sanitizer. OTOH, anyone testing for EtG is also going to test for cocaine, so the answer is, "EtG tests won't detect cocaine but if you're using cocaine and get tested for EtG you'll still get busted for cocaine."
From the urine test, a couple of weeks. The hair test will measure years, if your hair is that long. The ETG test is considered by experts to be too sensitive to use for routine testing (for forensic purposes, for example) but that won't carry much weight with the court.
Anything that contains alcohol, even mouthwash, will affect an ETG test.
From a sample of urine.