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Before you source PRP supplies, confirm what each package contains and what your practice already has. A package name does not replace an itemized contents list. Your buying checklist should cover tubes, accessories, equipment and the documents needed to review them.
Use this guide to review Illuminate PRP items, prepare supplier questions and organize the documentation your clinical team needs. Start with your medical director's written protocol, then check the supplies, equipment and ordering terms against that plan.
What is in a PRP kit for a med spa?
A PRP kit usually includes collection tubes and may include blood draw supplies, a centrifuge or inserts. Check each package's contents before ordering. Ask for the quantity of each included item and a separate list of supplies you would need to purchase.
Illuminate PRP supplies the seven items below. Its Mini Starter Package is listed for PRP only. The blood draw and BioMatrix gel accessory packs are sold separately. Review each item against your planned preparation, and ask which equipment and accessories belong on your order.
What does the package contain, and what is sold separately?
Ask for an itemized contents list for the exact package you plan to buy. A PRP kit may include blood draw supplies or equipment, but you should confirm those details for each package. Put the included items beside the supplies your practice already has. Mark anything that needs a separate order, and ask the supplier to resolve unclear descriptions before you finalize the list.
Keep the Illuminate PRP Mini Starter Package's PRP only description visible on your purchasing checklist. The PRP Blood Draw Accessory Pack is sold separately. Ask what that pack contains and how its contents relate to the starter package. Request quantities for tubes and accessories so your buyer can review the order item by item. Do not infer those quantities from the package name alone.
The BioMatrix Gel Accessory Pack is for BioMatrix gel preparation and is sold separately. BioMatrix Cooler and BioMatrix Heater are also listed items. Ask the supplier to distinguish the items for your planned PRP preparation from those for BioMatrix gel preparation. Keep those descriptions with your order notes. This gives your medical director and buyer a specific list to review before you place an order.
How do you check centrifuge fit and instructions for use?
Start with the centrifuge your practice has or plans to purchase. Give the supplier its exact model and ask whether the collection tubes fit it. Ask which inserts are needed for that setup and whether they are included or ordered separately. Keep the supplier's answer with the equipment documentation. A listing for centrifuge inserts alone does not answer which combination your practice should use.
Request the instructions for use for the tubes and equipment you are considering. Ask the supplier to identify the spin settings for your proposed setup in those instructions. Have your clinical team review the documents before the order is placed. Keep the model, inserts and settings together in your review notes, so a buyer does not have to piece them together from separate conversations.
The supplier's stated spin time is one detail to check, alongside centrifuge fit and the instructions for use. If a product description leaves a setting or equipment requirement unclear, ask for the relevant instruction before proceeding. Bring the documents to your medical director when reviewing the written preparation protocol. Keep a copy where the team responsible for preparation can refer to it during training.
What documentation should you request before placing an order?
Ask your supplier whether the device has 510(k) clearance. If it does, request the number and cleared indications and look them up in FDA's 510(k) database (opens in a new tab). If your supplier cannot provide a clearance number, take that answer to your medical director before you order. Keep the supplier's answers with your purchasing records.
If the device has cleared indications, compare them with your intended use with your medical director. Write down your intended use. An itemized supply list does not establish whether your intended use matches any cleared indications.
Build a small documentation file around the exact supplies and equipment under review. Include the instructions for use, centrifuge compatibility information, device number and indications. Add the supplier's answers to open questions rather than relying on a verbal exchange alone. Before ordering, review that file with the people responsible for purchasing and clinical preparation. Ask for missing documents while the order is still being planned.
How is the Illuminate PRP system set up?
For your review, the supplier lists a single 22 mL collection tube with a polymer-based gel separator, one 10-minute centrifuge spin and no tube-to-tube transfer. Keep these details attributed to the supplier when you share them with your team. Use the instructions for use to review the preparation setup with your medical director.
Record the collection tube size in your buying notes as the supplier lists it. Ask the supplier to explain any preparation details that remain unclear in its instructions before your team incorporates them into a protocol.
Review the system description alongside the seven listed items, rather than treating every item as part of one package. Ask where the tubes, centrifuge inserts and separately sold blood draw pack fit into your proposed order. Keep the BioMatrix gel preparation accessories identified by their listed purpose. Your final purchasing list should reflect the supplies and equipment your clinical team has reviewed for the planned preparation.
How should you manage protocols, training, records and blood safety?
Keep PRP preparation under your medical director's written protocol. State rules decide who may draw blood and who may inject. Review those responsibilities before assigning tasks, and keep training records for the staff involved. Make the supplier's instructions available alongside your practice protocol. When planning training, use the exact supplies and centrifuge setup your team has reviewed so the documents refer to the equipment being used.
Keep lot numbers and expiration dates with your practice records. Decide who records them when supplies arrive and how the team will retrieve that information later. Maintain centrifuge maintenance and cleaning logs, and keep them with the equipment records. Include a record check in your preparation planning so the people handling supplies know where to find instructions, training documentation, lot details and equipment logs.
OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard (opens in a new tab) applies to you as an employer if your staff can be exposed to blood. It calls for a written exposure control plan reviewed and updated at least annually. It also calls for a sharps injury log if you must keep OSHA injury and illness records under 29 CFR part 1904. Identify where your plan and any required log are kept, and review them during your team's training.
How should you set up ordering and inventory?
Before placing the first order, ask about storage, shipping and return terms. Get the minimum order requirements and ask how the supplier handles backorders. Review those answers alongside your available storage and the supplies you plan to keep on hand. Record any open questions before submitting the order. Keep the agreed terms with the itemized contents list so your buyer can refer to both later.
Decide who receives supplies and records their lot numbers and expiration dates. At delivery, check the items against the order and the supplier's storage instructions. Keep separately ordered accessories visible in your inventory list so they are included when you review what to reorder. Before each repeat order, check what remains on hand, which expiration dates need attention and whether any required items are backordered.
Use a repeat ordering checklist that covers tubes, accessories, equipment needs and supplier terms. Revisit compatibility and instructions when considering a different item or equipment setup, and bring questions to your medical director. Keep notes on outstanding supplier questions beside the next order. If you are also reviewing PRF supplies, use the PRF kit sourcing guide as the next guide for that separate purchasing review.
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