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Please Note - The Product Indicator should not be used as the only method of selection. A risk assessment for the laboratory space should be prepared by, for example, the institution's Biological Safety Officer.

Are you working with a biohazard
(Virus, bacteria, fungi or other biohazard)?
Are you also working with a chemical hazard?
HEPA filters do not capture gases and vapors. When they are used, the cabinet needs to exhaust to the outdoors.
Are you working with a chemical hazard with no biohazard?
What level of Lab are you working in?
* Under special circumstances, see Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories on the CDC website.
Is the chemical hazard a solid, liquid or gas?
Solids can infiltrate the cabinet ducts and plenums. It is best to filter them immediately.

Some solids can sublime easily (they can transform from a solid directly to a gas). Consult MSDS sheets or handbook of chemistry of physics (or other literature) for chemical properties.
Either of the following options may be appropriate, depending on whether or not the users will be wearing a positive protection suit. If suits will be worn, then an A2 cabinet with a vent to the room may be considered. For more details on the differences between cabinets and what applications they are typically used for, visit our introductory webinar.
Variables including such things as the severity of a biohazard, the amount being used, and the possibility of mass aerosolization may dictate the use of a Class III biological safety cabinet. Class III biological safety cabinets are a special type of glovebox. Not all gloveboxes are safe to use with biohazards.

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Specialty Glovebox

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Either of the following options may be appropriate. An A2 cabinet only provides personnel and environmental protection from vapors and gases if exhausted to a treated facility exhaust system rather than to the room. A B1 cabinet must be hard ducted to a building exhaust system that vents to the outdoors and provides a higher level of protection for certain chemical hazards. For more details on the differences between cabinets and what applications they are typically used for, visit our introductory webinar.

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NCBD

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NCB has HEPA filters below the work surface to prevent chemical hazard from contaminating the cabinet interior.
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SterilGARD® e3

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BioPROtect

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There may be a future requirement for solvent, gas, or volatile toxic chemical use that would require exhaust to the outdoors. Also, some researchers may prefer the extra margin of safety that exhausting to the outdoors provides.
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The recommended product line for this application is

NCBD

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NCB has HEPA filters below the work surface to prevent chemical hazard from contaminating the cabinet interior.
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Is it volatile?
Volatile liquids create gases which pass through HEPA filters.
Is it flammable?
Flammable gases are particularly hazardous with recirculating cabinets. Concentrations could build to the lower explosive level (LEL).
Either of the following options may be appropriate. An A2 cabinet with a canopy provides personnel and environmental protection from small amounts of vapors and gases because it is exhausted to a treated facility exhaust system. A B1 cabinet must be hard ducted to a building exhaust system that vents to the outdoors and provides a higher level of protection for chemical hazards. For more details on the differences between cabinets and what applications they are typically used for, visit our introductory webinar.
Either of the following options may be appropriate. In choosing an A2 versus a B1, consider the effects of re-circulated gases on the work being performed. An A2 cabinet with a canopy provides personnel and environmental protection from small amounts of vapors and gases because it is exhausted to a treated facility exhaust system. A B1 cabinet must be hard ducted to a building exhaust system that vents to the outdoors and provides a higher level of protection for chemical hazards. For more details on the differences between cabinets and what applications they are typically used for, visit our introductory webinar.
What amount are you working with?
Only bring into the cabinet the amount of flammable solvents or chemicals necessary to perform the task. Never store chemicals in a biological safety cabinet.
What amount are you working with?
Only bring into the cabinet the amount of flammable solvents or chemicals necessary to perform the task. Never store chemicals in a biological safety cabinet.
Are you working with animals?
Are you working with animals?

The recommended product line for this application is

SterilGARD® e3

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Canopy exhaust connection is required when using any amount of toxic or flammable gases and volatile solvents (which create gases or vapors). Since these gases and vapors pass through HEPA filters, they need to be exhausted to the outdoors.
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SterilGARD e3 Animal Transfer

SterilGARD e3 Waste Disposal Station

SterilGARD e3 Necropsy Station

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NCBD with 8" Sash

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The recommended product line for this application is

NCBD with 12" Sash

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The recommended product lines for this application are

BioChemGARD e3

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ChemGARD

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Either of the following options may be appropriate. In choosing a B2 (SterilChemGARD) versus a chemical fume hood (ChemGARD), consider the level of personnel protection needed. A chemical fume hood offers protection from chemical hazards only and never biological agents. Work with biological hazards should never be done in a fume hood. For more details on the differences between cabinets and what applications they are typically used for, visit our introductory webinar.
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BioChemGARD e3

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Do you also need product protection?
Biological safety cabinets can provide product protection from particulates.
Is personnel protection required?
Is product protection required?
Is there a biohazard?
Chemical fume hoods offer personnel protection from chemical hazards only.
Biological hazards should never be used in a chemical fume hood.

The recommended product line for this application is

ChemGARD

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Chemical fume hoods are designed for chemicals, NOT biological agents. Work with biohazards should never be done in a fume hood.
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Are you working with animals?
Clean bench animal transfer stations provide product protection and some personnel protection and aid in animal dander removal.
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No product is required.

The recommended product line for this application is

EdgeGARD

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With NO human hazard (chemical or biological), a clean bench can provide product protection from contaminants. Please note that the operator will be exposed to all work done in a clean bench.
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The recommended product line for this application is

AniGARD® Animal Transfer Station

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