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What is the reason when you examine the calcium we use plastic tube?

Laboratory Analysis Laboratory Medicine Biochemistry
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Question added by Abdulfattah Hussein Saleh Zolait , Head of the laboratory , The Ministry of Public Health and Population
Date Posted: 2013/09/22
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Nabil Hijazi
by Nabil Hijazi , Director , Biocell Lab

Calcium oxide can leach from glass tubes as it is one of its components ,so plastic tubes are used instead.

Mohamed shaheen
by Mohamed shaheen , مدرس كلينيكال باثولوجي , كلية الطب جامعة الأزهر

 due to electric charge on glass tube which attach to ca & consume it from serum  leads to decrease its level in serum falsely 

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