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    Biological safety cabinets (BSCs) are primary containment devices used in laboratories working with infectious agents to prevent the escape of biological aerosols into the environment, as most common laboratory techniques can inadvertently produce aerosols that endanger laboratory workers. A biological safety cabinet uses HEPA filtration and laminar airflow to provide protection of personnel, samples, and/or the environment from biohazardous aerosols and particulates, distinguishing it from a chemical fume hood, and it must not be used for procedures involving hazardous chemicals.

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    Biological safety cabinets (BSCs) are primary containment devices used in laboratories working with infectious agents to prevent the escape of biological aerosols into the environment, as most common laboratory techniques can inadvertently produce aerosols that endanger laboratory workers. A biological safety cabinet uses HEPA filtration and laminar airflow to provide protection of personnel, samples, and/or the environment from biohazardous aerosols and particulates, distinguishing it from a chemical fume hood, and it must not be used for procedures involving hazardous chemicals.

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    Biological Safety Cabinets

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    Biological safety cabinets (BSCs) are primary containment devices used in laboratories working with infectious agents to prevent the escape of biological aerosols into the environment, as most common laboratory techniques can inadvertently produce aerosols that endanger laboratory workers. A biological safety cabinet uses HEPA filtration and laminar airflow to provide protection of personnel, samples, and/or the environment from biohazardous aerosols and particulates, distinguishing it from a chemical fume hood, and it must not be used for procedures involving hazardous chemicals.

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    USING BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS

    Biological safety cabinets (BSCs) are among the most effective primary containment devices used in laboratories working with infectious agents. They act as primary barriers to prevent the escape of biological aerosols into the laboratory environment. This is an important function, because most laboratory techniques (e.g., pipetting, vortexing, sonicating) are known to produce inadvertent aerosols that can be readily inhaled by the laboratory worker.

    BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET A biological safety cabinet is a ventilated cabinet which uses a variety of combinations of HEPA filtration, laminar air flow and containment to provide either personnel, product or environmental protection or protection of all components against particulates or aerosols from biohazardous agents. It is distinguished from a chemical fume hood by the presence of HEPA filtration and the laminar nature of the air flow. For fume hood use please see " Laboratory Safety Manual", OHS, 1997; sec 9.3 pp 15,16 Biological safety cabinets must NOT be used for procedures with hazardous chemicals.

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