When you’re working with pathogens or other potentially hazardous material, it helps to have protection. Biosafety cabinets limit your exposure. These workspaces also keep your samples and processes from contamination while containing biological agents within…
To maintain biosafety, it is critical that microorganisms, chemicals, and other compounds do not infect or contaminate labs and other environments. While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publishes guidelines for biosafety in microbiological and…
NSF® (formerly the National Sanitation Foundation) has specified three classes of biological safety cabinets that offer effective containment for working with human pathogens. Class I, II, and III are described below, and some may include…