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We got this unit for measuring those lovely blue rays from those psychodelic osram bulbs,meter purchased from GE, who now say they cannot calibrate it (fabulous as per usual from the big yank bank!!)
One quote I've had for calibration was over 33% of what the unit cost

Anyone ever had one calibrated?

How about these guys?

bit far from Stafford Geoff and I dare not ask the supplies department to order from outside the UK, there will be too many kittens to rehome this side of christmas

OK ... you could give Youngs a try, then.

My other comment would be:- how accurate do those things need to be anyway? I recall one from the Old Days that simply had GO/NO GO red and green bands on the meter face!

Thank you for that one, I'll give them a try. I agree, specific values are not really that important as the treatment should be timed on results i.e. if a baby is no longer jaundiced, then stop cooking it. But when we get FOI requests coming in, as we do on a regular basis "when was this done , when was that done", its sometimes just easier (and a lot more expensive) to cover your behind from the start.

Once again, I believe this to be (yet) another area where the so-called National Health Service should have its own centralised calibration lab (and repair workshop).

See here for more information about light measuring devices, and their calibration.

that's beyond me, was always cr*p at physics

Youngs was a big no too. Waiting on Konica to see what they say but it looks like its going to be expensive whichever way I go

In my humble (but dare I say, experienced) opinion, minor items of test kit like this need only be referred to a master calibrated unit.

Put simply, surely "For Indication Only" is sufficient for something like a phototherapy output meter? Part of the biomed's raison d'être is a basic understanding of the clinical use of the kit, and being able to prioritise the work accordingly (and the spending of both time and money on it).

What will it be next:- sending away 6-inch steel rules for calibration?


Freedom of Information? What's this ... spurious demands from unhappy patients (or their successors), or lawyers looking for someone to blame? Is this the Future of Biomed? I'm glad I'm out of it, to be sure!

I spend more time each day producing reports why something wasn't done instead of just being staffed to the correct levels and getting it done. Well it pays the mortgage