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Field certification of Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC’s) is regulated by
the NSF/ANSI 49 Standard, Biosafety Cabinetry: Design, Construction,
Performance, and Field Certification, Annex F Field Tests. Section
F.1, Field Certification
Decontamination Of ESCO Class II Biosafety Cabinet Using Bioquell EBDS Hydrogen Peroxide Vaporizer The Need for Decontamination
Biological safety cabinets should be decontaminated under the following conditions:
The Need for Decontamination. Biological safety cabinets should be decontaminated under the following conditions:
The modern Class II Microbiological Safety Cabinet, now regarded as probably the most common in-use Safety Cabinet employed around the world, is available with features meeting the stringent ergonomic and green requirements in many countries.
In order to maintain proper containment, NSF stipulates that recirculating and exhausted airfl ow volumes, and therefore velocities, must be maintained within a tolerance of +/- 5 feet per minute (FPM).
The modern Class II Biosafety Cabinet (BSC)
was developed in the early 1960’s as a result of the increased availability of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter technology.
The topic of canopy versus hard connection of Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety
Cabinet (BSC's) has long been a matter of discussion over the years.
Use of modern day Biological Safety cabinets (BSC’s) began in the early 1970’s with BSC’s that were manufactured to the NIH-03-112C Standard and subsequently the NSF Standard 49.
The use of natural gas for Bunsen burners in a microbiological laboratory has long been an
accepted practice over the years. This practice has also carried over to use within a Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC).
David Phillips, Technical Applications Specialist - Laminar Flow, Thermo Fisher Scientific Managing groups of biological safety cabinets (BSCs) in a biomedical research,