Blood, urine, and saliva tests

• Author: Don Bartell/Mary Catherine McMurray/Anne ImObersteg
• Pages: 367-378

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CHAPTER 13

BLOOD, URINE,

AND SALIVA TESTS

I. GENERAL POINTS

§13:01 Alcohol Distributes to All Parts of the Body

§13:02 Impairment Is Based on Blood Alcohol Concentration

§13:03 Whole Blood Is the Best Specimen

§13:04 Alternative Specimens May Have Interpretation Problems

II. BLOOD TESTS

§13:10 Blood Components

§13:11 Plasma and Serum

§13:12 Converting Serum/Plasma Alcohol Concentration

§13:13 Converting Blood Cell Alcohol Concentration

§13:14 Testing Serum

§13:15 Testing Whole Blood

III. URINE AS AN ALTERNATIVE SPECIMEN

A. The Sample

§13:20 The Path Into the Urine

§13:21 Excretion of Alcohol

§13:22 Collecting the Sample

B. Converting UAC to BAC

§13:30 Inherent Error

§13:31 Single Sample Ratios

§13:32 Second Sample Ratios

§13:33 The Effect of the Phase of Metabolism

§13:34 The Effect of Diuresis

§13:35 The Effect of BAC

§13:36 The Effect of an Incomplete Void

C. Practical Considerations

§13:40 Urine Is Not a Good Impairment Specimen

§13:41 Two Samples Are Necessary

§13:42 Consider the Full Range of Conversion Ratios

BLOOD, URINE, AND

SALIVA TESTS