Building a custom biosafety cabinet (BSC) is crucial for ensuring safe containment in special situations.
This article introduces topics such as how to evaluate the need for a custom BSC, key design considerations, proper placement, and performance testing for certification. It also touches on factors like equipment dimensions, utility connections, and aerosol containment, emphasizing the importance of working with safety and engineering experts early to create an effective, tailor-made containment solution.
About the Author:
Dr. Julianne Baron, the President of Science and Safety Consulting, offers biosafety consulting and writing services to organizations around the country. A Registered Biosafety Professional with the American Biological Safety Association International (ABSA), she holds a Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh and was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP).
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About NuAire
Founded in 1971, NuAire is one of the most established brands in the biocontainment industry, engineering airflow products that are optimized for applications ranging from research to diagnostics to drug compounding and even custom enclosures for lab automation equipment. NuAire also builds CO2 incubators and sells ultra-low freezers. Based in Plymouth, Minnesota, NuAire has cultivated a vast network of sales partners not only across North America but also around the world in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. The company has built a legacy not only by striving to offer the best long-term value, the most configurability, and the most personalized after-sales support for the products it manufactures, but also by contributing its expertise to industry associations and financial support to biosafety educational efforts.
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