Legal Blood Alcohol Testing in the US Military

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作者：
Platteborze, Peter L. [1 ]
Wilhelms, Kelly W. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Brooke Army Med Ctr, Dept Pathol & Area Lab Serv, JBSA FSH, 3551 Roger Brooke Dr, San Antonio, TX 78234 USA
来源：
MILITARY MEDICINE | 2017年 / 182卷 / 1-2期
关键词：
ARMY;
D O I：
10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00007
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
Objective: To retrospectively analyze multiple years of legal blood alcohol test (LBAT) results as part of a laboratory process improvement plan. Methods: We analyzed the LBAT requests received by the Brooke Army Medical Center during calendar years 2013 and 2014. Results: We received 365 samples from 11 installations; 351 were tested and 14 were rejected. Nearly one-third of the tested samples had negligible ethanol levels. One installation was responsible for submitting 10 rejected samples which prompted laboratory intervention. Conclusion: The ability to perform timely LBATs is invaluable to the Department of Defense as the results are more readily accepted in a court of law than routine clinical ethanol test results.
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页码：E1558 / E1561
页数：4
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