title: Plastic ESR tubes: does static electricity affect the results?
abstract: Static electrical charges were applied to the inside and outside surfaces of plastic ESR tubes, and this had no demonstrable effect on the results of the test. A further study confirmed that the plastic apparatus gave identical results to the standard Westergren method using glass tubes.
mesh_terms: D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D005898:Glass / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics