How often do you do RPM and timer checks on your centrifuges?  Everything I read says periodically.  Since I am a Blood Bank dinosaur(30+ years), we have been doing this quarterly as long as I can remember.  My bio-med folks say this is overkill.

We still perform Quarterly. Although per Serofuge manuf. instructions RPM is checked twice per year and CAP requirements is at least every 6 months.

I still do it quarterly. I identified a centrifuge that was off doing the quarterly check one time in 30+ years so the biomed guys are probably right.

But................It looks good during inspections.

Same as everyone else. Still quarterly here too.

Performed quarterly

quarterly...

If you have a digital timer you do not need to check it.  If you have to turn a dial (analog) then that must be checked.  Biomed does my rpms q 6 months.

We were doing ours quarterly until our last CAP inspection, whereby the inspector told me it was overkill.  Our Path approved going to every 6 months now.