ScreenSafe UK provides an extremely comprehensive testing service, including a professional collection service, to detect the presence of alcohol in hair samples for medico-legal professionals involved with family, criminal law, child protection and social services matters.
Hair testing offers a unique window of detection for drugs and alcohol. It allows you to look back months rather than days to ‘rule in’ or ‘rule out’ drug and alcohol use in a specific case.
Alcohol abuse is one of the most serious social problems throughout the world. Our scientists have been focusing their studies over many years to find suitable markers to establish chronic alcohol consumption.
Hair analysis has proved its ability in establishing consumption of drugs of abuse over a period of time. Similarly, when we analyse the alcohol markers in hair samples, we can establish alcohol consumption over periods of time, dependent on the length of the hair.
Due to our superior laboratory facilities, ScreenSafe UK is the ONLY company in the UK and Ireland capable of offering this UNIQUE service
| Key Features Include: |
| Unique window of detection |
| Non-invasive |
| Detects chronic use |
| Can identify patterns of use |
| Qualified collection service |
| Quick turnaround of results |
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Case Study
Two parents fighting for custody of their child, who had been taken into care, were requested to give a hair sample for alcohol analysis. A sample of head hair was taken from each parent under strict chain of custody conditions. The samples were analysed to determine if their alcohol abuse had reduced over the past three months. Results were shown on a month by month basis by sectioning the samples into 1cm sections. The results proved that the wife had a negative result, but as alleged the husband’s alcohol in-take had remained at a chronic level over the tested period.
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Collection Service |
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ScreenSafe UK provides a professional collection service to all areas within the UK and Ireland. Our qualified collection officers will make sure that a legally defensible Chain of Custody is provided by: (i) collecting the correct quantity of hair, from the correct area, in the correct manner; (ii) accurately completing and presenting all paperwork correctly; (iii) despatching the sample(s) safely and on time. Collection appointments are arranged and organised to meet your deadlines (wherever possible) ensuring peace of mind for you and your client or patient. Results are guaranteed within 10 working days from receipt of sample at our laboratory allowing you to plan your case, hearing or appointment dates with complete confidence.
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Expert Witness Statement |
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• An Expert Witness Statement provides essential support at court.
• A detailed explanation of positive results. All results are supported by a full toxicological report.
• Expert Witness attendance at court is also available, if required.
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Diagnosis |
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Diagnosis of excessive alcohol consumption is an important task from a medical/legal point of view. Markers of alcohol consumption are ethylglucuronide, and phosphatidylethanol or fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE). Detection of ethylglucuronide is always associated with alcohol consumption.
We use 100pg/mg as a positive cut-off level. With this cut-off level, we can identify (with no false negatives) a regular drinker. The forensic definition of a regular drinker is the equivalent of 5 units of alcohol per day.
A typical 3cm sample of hair will show a history of the past 3 months. We can segment the hair sample to give a month by month account of chronic alcohol consumption. This will show either an increase or decrease over time. |
For further information and prices, please contact:
E-mail: enquiries@screensafeuk.co.uk
Telephone:
08450 505590
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