Breath and Urine Alcohol Testing: Relationship to BAC and ...
Breath and Urine Alcohol Testing: Relationship to BAC and Use Patterns
ACMT ASM
Huntington Beach, CA
March 17, 2016
Michael G. Holland, MD, FAACT, FACMT, FACOEM, FACEP
Associate Professor, SUNY Upstate Medical University & Consulting Medical Toxicologist, Upstate New York Poison Center, Syracuse, NY Occupational Medicine Director, Glens Falls Hospital Center for Occupational Health; Glens Falls, NY Senior Medical Toxicologist, Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health; North Little Rock, AR
Disclosures
No financial relationships to disclose I perform medical-legal consulting
regarding drug and alcohol impairment My practice of Occupational Medicine
uses BAT devices and I am a BAT trainer
Alcohol Biomarkers
Objective measures that are helpful as:
1. Outcome measures in studies 2. Screens for possible alcohol problems in
individuals with unreliable drinking histories
3. Evidence of abstinence in individuals
prohibited from drinking alcohol
These tests are complimentary to selfreport assessments
Categories of Alcohol Biomarkers
Indirect Biomarkers Direct Biomarkers
Indirect Biomarkers
Assesses alcohol effects on body systems Non-specific, insensitive AST, ALT, GGT, MCV
? Things other than EtOH abuse cause elevations ? Some abusers do not have elevations
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