Equipment required :

 

  • Large capacity, refrigerated Centrifuge

 

  • Weight scale

 

  • Hemostat

 

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  • Plasma

expresser

 

  • Hand sealer

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 Basic preparation steps :

  1. Balance the units to be centrifuge.  An uneven weight distribution will
    • not separate product well
    • damage the centrifuge rotor
    • may cause blood bag to rupture
    • produce lots of noise
  2. Determine what component need to be made:

 

 

RPM (revolution per minutes)

Time

Light Spin

2000 x g

3 minutes

Heavy Spin

5000 x g

7 minutes

g = relative centrifugal force