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Diagram: five tubes in a stainless steel tube rack after centrifugation, one as expected, four with reddish plasma, fibrin strands, a small PRF clot and a gap in the gel; a magnifying glass enlarges the gap, next to it a checklist

Troubleshooting PRP and PRF: recognising and av...

Reddish plasma, strands in the citrate tube, no clear separation, PRF stays liquid: how to recognise six typical problems, what to check first and how to avoid them.

Troubleshooting PRP and PRF: recognising and av...

Reddish plasma, strands in the citrate tube, no clear separation, PRF stays liquid: how to recognise six typical problems, what to check first and how to avoid them.

Diagram: blood drop with bound calcium ions and three tubes with whole blood, PRP with separator gel and PRP without gel

Anticoagulants for PRP: sodium citrate, ACD-A, ...

Sodium citrate, ACD-A, heparin and EDTA keep blood liquid for PRP, but in different ways. What sets them apart and what laboratory studies show about it.

Anticoagulants for PRP: sodium citrate, ACD-A, ...

Sodium citrate, ACD-A, heparin and EDTA keep blood liquid for PRP, but in different ways. What sets them apart and what laboratory studies show about it.

Diagram: centrifuge rotor with radius r and three tubes with PRP, PRF and i-PRF

PRP to i-PRF terms explained: LP-/LR-PRP, A-PRF...

PRP, LP-PRP, A-PRF+, i-PRF, buffy coat, RCF: what the terms mean, where they come from and which figures lie behind them.

PRP to i-PRF terms explained: LP-/LR-PRP, A-PRF...

PRP, LP-PRP, A-PRF+, i-PRF, buffy coat, RCF: what the terms mean, where they come from and which figures lie behind them.

Diagram: butterfly blood collection set with holder, next to it a discard tube and a PRP tube filled to the fill mark

Blood collection for PRP: tourniquet, filling a...

Tourniquet, filling, inverting: how the blood gets into the PRP tube correctly. Blood collection for PRP and PRF step by step, with a checklist for the treatment room.

Blood collection for PRP: tourniquet, filling a...

Tourniquet, filling, inverting: how the blood gets into the PRP tube correctly. Blood collection for PRP and PRF step by step, with a checklist for the treatment room.

Diagram: a sharps container with a marked fill line, above it a syringe with a needle, on the left a tied waste bag, on the right a glass tube with a cell layer and a swab.

Disposal in the practice: tubes, needles and sy...

Needles and blood collection sets go into the sharps container, swabs and gloves into the leak-proof bag. What LAGA M 18 and TRBA 250 require in Germany, when AS 18...

Disposal in the practice: tubes, needles and sy...

Needles and blood collection sets go into the sharps container, swabs and gloves into the leak-proof bag. What LAGA M 18 and TRBA 250 require in Germany, when AS 18...

Diagram: a form with three ticked lines and a seal, in front of it a tube with separated blood; a dashed arrow leads to a government building

Autologous blood in the practice: manufacturing...

When physicians and dentists may manufacture PRP or PRF without a manufacturing authorisation, and what belongs in the notification under § 67 AMG. An overview of German law and its...

Autologous blood in the practice: manufacturing...

When physicians and dentists may manufacture PRP or PRF without a manufacturing authorisation, and what belongs in the notification under § 67 AMG. An overview of German law and its...