PEth false positive

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Yep. Had to go for an eval because I was fired from my job(long story ) . Wasn't worried about uds, PEth, hair test at all. No drink in 16 months. PEth came back positive, and they are treating it like a relapse. I did nothing wrong. Trying to trust God and the process. Folks I'm here to tell you... The PEth is not an accurate test. I'll never trust it again.

As far as taking a polygraph test, that's an interesting idea we hadn't considered. Do they really hold any weight with the BRN? I thought they were considered pseudo-science...? Also, don't they go more on stress, so if you stress out taking it, isn't it possible to get a false positive? But thanks for the suggestion--will definitely check it out. In hindsight, would've been best to request a hair or nail test right after getting the positive peth result to disprove it. Not sure why the BRN monitors don't offer that option.

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I also recently had a false positive spot peth test. I had not drank alcohol in over a year and no accidental exposure. This is suppose to be a very accurate and reliable test so I can not figure out what happened. The only thing I can come up with is maybe the way they collected my blood was wrong. Or maybe the blood fermented. I'm at a loss and there is nothing I can do.

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I also recently had a false positive spot peth test. I had not drank alcohol in over a year and no accidental exposure. This is suppose to be a very accurate and reliable test so I can not figure out what happened. The only thing I can come up with is maybe the way they collected my blood was wrong. Or maybe the blood fermented. I'm at a loss and there is nothing I can do.

Maybe see if you can take a hair or nail test to counter the false positive? They go back further in time than the PEth's 3-4 weeks. Even if it's on your dime, if you come up with a negative, that's evidence in your favor to present at a hearing. We didn't think of this until about 9 months past the PEth test, so it was too late to disprove the PEth results.

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The hair and nail test was the first thing that entered my mind.

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