Red blood transfusion as a potential source for false-positive phosphatidylethanol levels

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
• ² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA.
• ³ Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine Service, Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA.