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Laboratory Test Supply Shortage
Laboratory Test Supply Shortage
Supply levels of blood collection tubes are constrained globally due to ongoing shortages of medical-grade plastics, with the greatest local impact on tubes used across Alberta for CBC, Hemoglobin A1C, and Type and Screen. Use of these tubes is being prioritized for Acute Care settings and for acute clinical management at this time.
All clinicians are asked to defer non-acute and non-urgent CBC, CBC with diff, HbA1C, Type and Screen and other tests requiring a K2 EDTA tube.