Medicolegal Aspects of Chemical Tests of Alcoholic Intoxication: Comments on Dr. I. M. Rabinowitch's Paper

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

“…This contention has been contradicted by Harger and Muehlberger. 30 The use of alcohol for sterilizing the skin surface prior to the taking of the blood specimen does not introduce any appreciable error into the results of the blood analysis. In Muehlberger's extensive experience, the error is usually less than 0.01 per cent alcohol in the blood and never has been known to be above 0.02 per cent.…”