PRP Blood Collection Tubes

The PRP blood collection tube is a completely closed system for isolating individual nucleated cells from whole blood, where the cell isolation is performed in the original blood collection tube. This reduces the complexity of the single nucleated cell isolation step and thus allows for less variability in sample processing. cpt? is a vacuum sterile blood collection tube containing buffered sodium citrate or sodium heparin anticoagulant, liquid density medium and an inert gel barrier. It is intended for the collection of whole blood and subsequent isolation of individual nucleated blood cells for in vitro diagnostic testing.
Whole blood is taken directly into the CPT using a standard variceal dissection and processed in the same tube. During centrifugation, the gel forms a physical barrier between the individual nucleated cells in the plasma and the red blood cells and granulocytes. The isolated, concentrated individual nucleated cells are suspended in the plasma and can then be transported in the original blood collection tube.