Plastic ESR tubes: does static electricity affect the results?
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.
D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D005898:Glass / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics / Q000494:pharmacology*
D010969:Plastics