Glossary
Anticoagulant
An anticoagulant prevents blood from clotting between the draw and the spin. PRP protocols use one. PRF protocols deliberately do not, which is why PRF clots during centrifugation.
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A spun sample
Figure. Nearly every term in this glossary is, in the end, a fact about what happens inside this tube.
In practice
The choice of anticoagulant changes the product, not just the handling. It is one of the parameters that must be reported for a protocol to be reproducible.
See also
- ACD-AACD-A is anticoagulant citrate dextrose solution A, a citrate-based anticoagulant containing dextrose.
- Sodium citrateSodium citrate is a citrate anticoagulant used in blood collection tubes.
- Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF)PRF is a platelet concentrate produced without anticoagulant, so the blood clots during centrifugation and forms a fibrin matrix.