title: Simplified quality assurance of floor model centrifuges.
abstract: Present methods for calibration of the rotor speed of large floor model centrifuges used for blood component preparation can be cumbersome and/or dangerous. This report describes a safe and inexpensive method of modifying a centrifuge lid so that calibration of the machine with a photoelectric tachometer is a simple and safe procedure.
mesh_terms: D002498:Centrifugation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011786:Quality Control