Thanks everyone – lots of really helpful responses.

 

Heather

 

 

 

Hi Heather,

You might like to look at http://www.ewdts.org/ewdts-guidelines.html.  Whilst intended for the workplace, the guidelines are also fairly widely adopted in other sectors and, in any case, could provide a useful starting point.

 

 

Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 33–38, 2004

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agh005, available online at www.alcalc.oupjournals.org

CONCENTRATION OF FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTERS IN HAIR OF ALCOHOLICS:

COMPARISON TO OTHER BIOLOGICAL STATE MARKERS AND

SELF REPORTED-ETHANOL INTAKE

 

(www.drugtestinganalysis.com) DOI 10.1002/dta.147

Guidelines for European workplace drug

and alcohol testing in hair

Ronald Agiusa∗ and Pascal Kintzb

 

 

Kind regards,

Simon.

 

Declaration of interest: I work for an organisation that provides these services on a commercial basis.

 

 

 

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Hi,

 

Does anyone know if it is possible to detect past and intermittent alcohol abuse by hair analysis? Child protection issue.

 

Heather

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