Platelet rich plasma therapy contains injecting a small amount of the patient's own blood to release various growth factors. It has recently become one of the latest trends of beauty and medical practice.

It is not difficult to see why PRP therapy may treat many problems from wound healing to skin regeneration. But the success of PRP treatment depends largely on the preparation of PRP: tools and accessories such as PRP tubes occupy the center position to obtain the correct platelet concentration required for PRP injection.

So what tubes do PRP therapy need? In general, a vacuum seal tube that can be used for blood samples collected from platelets is the default configuration used in most centrifuge settings, but any blood storage tube that can absorb gel, ESR, or sodium citrate solution can work normally. Depending on the type of PRP system or PRP kit used, you can do the work with only one or more PRP tubes.

Two Tubes Required for PRP Preparation

In general, the goal of PRP preparation is to successfully isolate platelet concentrates from white blood cells, red blood cells, and other compounds found in blood samples. The process is also relatively simple: just get blood samples, separate the platelets required by centrifugal force, and inject serum back into the patient.

However, depending on the type of platelet rich plasma treatment, the centrifuge used in the preparation and the overall objectives of PRP treatment, the exact type of tools and accessories used may vary. However, there are usually two types of tubes used for this process:

1. Vacuum Sealed Blood Centrifugal Tube

Most traditional PRP preparation involves extracting blood from patients, putting it in a centrifuge, and then drawing platelet concentrate into Screw Top Tubes for PRP treatment. For such procedures, vacuum-sealed Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes are absolutely necessary if they use or do not use PRP gel or anticoagulant such as sodium citrate. After centrifugation, the vacuum-sealed tube can minimize the risk of contamination of blood samples or PRPserum and ensure that platelets can be easily recovered after operation.

One thing to note when using these tubes is that if there is a delay between blood collection and centrifugation, it should be checked in practice whether anticoagulants are needed. On average, blood can only be converted into PRP in a short period of time after being extracted from the patient, and any delay in the process may lead to the occurrence of natural coagulation factors. The purpose of this study is to produce blood plasma which will lead to platelet deficiency, which seriously affects the quality of PRP treatment.

2. Blood Collection Tubes

For some procedures that may require the addition of compounds (such as sodium citrate) manually prior to the centrifugation process, additional medical blood collection may be required. Remember that if blood is often transferred between tubes before it becomes PRP serum, it is important to prevent external contamination: while having the right transfer needle can help reduce this risk, it is not guaranteed that the tube itself is sterile

3. Blood collection can also help if other platelet therapies are being implemented, such as plasma rich fibrin matrix therapy. Since the addition of fibrin matrix may require additional treatment of blood samples, it is always useful to have additional Blood Collection Tubes at hand.

These tubes are usually different from the preferences of PRP providers and the equipment they are available, but the tools and accessories involved in the preparation of the PRP shall always meet the minimum standards for a sterile and clean environment.