General laboratory room ventilation is designed to provide heating and cooling to the laboratory. General room ventilation does not effectively control personnel exposures to hazardous levels of ...

When you’re a student working with toxic chemicals, jarring alarms are not exactly a desired part of your process. Likewise, when you’re a facilities director, an annual expense of $30,000 to run a ...

Laboratory ventilation is the primary method used to prevent exposure to hazardous substances in laboratories and other workspaces. Depending on the specific needs of the workspace, a fume hood, fume ...

The laboratory chemical fume hood is the most common local exhaust ventilation system used in laboratories and is the primary method used to control inhalation exposures to hazardous substances. When ...

Walls lined with humming fume hoods are a defining feature of many chemistry laboratories. These safety devices, part of a lab’s overall ventilation system, suck hazardous airborne chemicals away from ...

Laminar flow hoods are used to protect personnel, samples, and the environment from exposure to biological hazards and cross-contamination. Laminar flow hoods are divided into two categories: ...

This 4-foot bypass fume hood removes potentially hazardous fumes from the work area, even when the sash is closed. It includes a PVC-framed vertical sash, a polyresin liner, a fluorescent light with ...

Rodent populations in laboratory animal facilities have grown rapidly over the past decade—a trend that is expected to continue. By 2010, the number of mice housed for research purposes will probably ...