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Centrifuge

  1. Insert the power cord & switch on the power supply.
  2. RPM & time display will blink last run RPM & time.
  3. Time setting : Push SET time key, the timer display starts incrementing till 99 & after that it starts from 1 again.

Range of time – 1-99 min.

Set your desirable time.

  1. RPM setting:

Push set RPM key for 3 seconds. Dot point of last RPM digit starts blinking. Now turn the RPM knob to set the desired RPM. Turning the knob

clockwise - ↑se RPM.

Anticlock wise - ↓ se RPM.

  1. After setting time & RPM, load test tube. Put test tubes by strictly maintaining their balance centrifuge loads must be balanced by placing the tubes of equal size, shape & containing equal volumes opposite to each other. Do not overload.

  2. Push start key,

  3. When centrifugation complete. Allow it to stop completely. Wait for 3 minutes & then open the cover of centrifuge & remove sample tubes.

  4. If during centrifuge – user wants to terminate centrifugation – Push stop key.

Routine maintenance

  • Interior of the bowl should be inspected regularly for contamination & SIB be cleaned regularly.
  • Open the lid & clean centrifuge bowl. From inner side with clean mop using neutral agent.
  • Remove any impurities or foreign objects that are left inside the chamber.
  • Remove profile rubber. Cushions from centrifuge loads & powder them with talcum.
nchsls/c/clinical_pathology/document/sop_of_centrifuge-cp.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/13 07:34 (external edit)