Hair alcohol testing

Hair alcohol testing for EtPa and EtG

Our hair testing for alcohol service is an effective and reliable type of testing that provides an overview analysis.

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Drug & Alcohol Testing

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General Information
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Please select one of the options below:
- Drug Analysis
- Alcohol Testing
- Drug Analysis/Alcohol Testing
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We will use the information that you enter in section 4, Instructing Party Details to contact you to arrange a date and time.

3. Alcohol Testing
Assessing Chronic Excessive Alcohol Use
Please Select the Sample Type Required for Alcohol Analysis:(Required)
Our hair alcohol test is ISO 17025 UKAS accredited and in accordance with the Consensus of the Society of Hair Testing on hair testing for chronic excessive alcohol consumption. We recommend that hair alcohol testing is used in conjunction with either Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) and Liver Function (LF) or Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) blood tests.
3.1. Please Select the Hair Type Required for Alcohol Analysis:(Required)
As you have selected Body Hair, sections 3.1.1 is not required.
3.1.1. Hair Alcohol Testing:
Hair alcohol test for chronic excessive alcohol consumption. The hair alcohol marker analysis is only undertaken as an overview analysis.

Scalp Hair:
Ethyl Palmitate (EtPa formerly FAEE) & EtG:

Please Select the Time Period required:
Other – Time Period for Hair Alcohol Testing
Please enter the number of months that you require
3.2. Blood Alcohol Testing:(Required)
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- Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) Test
- Liver Function (LF) Test
- Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) Test
- MCV
The blood test for alcohol can be used to indicate recent excessive alcohol use. A CDT test is a biochemical test that can provide biochemical evidence of recent excessive alcohol consumption. A liver function test provides a snap shot in time of liver health damage that may have come from excessive alcohol consumption. A PEth blood test measures the level of phosphatidylethanol, a direct alcohol biomarker which is found in human blood following alcohol consumption. MCV (Mean Corpuscular Volume) is a value that indicates the average size of red blood cells within a blood sample. This blood test can provide indication of recent excessive alcohol use.

4. Instructing Party Details
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If privately funded, payment must be in advance.
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If the cost is to be shared between a number of parties we will send a quotation to each for their share and invoice each for their share after the test results are issued. The instructing party will be required to accept their quotation before the sample can be collected.
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In accordance with the Legal Aid Agency there is no charge for split invoicing

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6. Result Details
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Results will automatically go to the instructing party named in section 4 unless stated otherwise. To be completed by exception only by an additional result recipient (as applicable). Please note that the results will be issued to the instructing party in section 4 or any named additional recipient in this section. We will only discuss the results or the progress of the analysis with those receiving the results.
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7. Collection Details
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Please indicate who will be collecting the sample and the location of where the sample collection will take place. Lextox collectors are able to take hair (including body hair) and blood samples. If you choose a Lextox collector, please detail two preferred collection dates and times.

We can arrange the sample collection immediately and usually collect the sample within 48 hours

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Why Lextox?

Legally defensible analysis results and expert reports accepted in every UK family court.

An ISO 17025 UKAS Accredited Testing Laboratory (No. 7516). Please refer to our Service Level Agreement for details of our accreditation

Analysis in accordance with the Society of Hair Testing’s internationally agreed standards.

Direct contact with our Lextox experts, with over 100 years’ combined experience.

Competitive pricing in accordance with LAA codified rates.

Dedicated client managers who will manage your case from start to finish.

Alcohol hair strand testing explained

Our alcohol hair strand test detects two types of markers; ethyl palmitate (EtPa) and ethyl glucuronide (EtG) as standard. These markers are ‘by-products’ created by the body in the presence of alcohol so allow us to assess alcohol consumption.

Hair can provide alcohol detection for months and grows at an average rate of one cm per month. For example, if a three month retrospective analysis is required, a three cm section of scalp hair will be used. We can provide analysis for up to six months.

We can also analyse smaller sections for the presence of EtPa and EtG but the results should be interpreted with caution.

We strongly recommend that EtPa and EtG analysis is used in conjunction with other forms of evidence such as blood alcohol tests (liver function and carbohydrate deficient transferrin), clinical assessments and history of alcohol abuse to obtain a comprehensive picture

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Hair alcohol testing

Hair alcohol testing