Esco has released a Fume Hoods Safe Use Video, which informs and educates existing and potential fume-hood users.
The barrier isolation system provides superior sterility compared with open-front clean-air devices such as laminar-flow clean benches and Class II biological safety cabinets.
USP797 guidelines specify that isolators may be situated in an area subject to less severe environmental controls compared with open-front clean-air devices.
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration has disclosed information indicating that laboratory personnel have a lifespan ten years shorter than the normal average.
This makes it important that laboratory workers learn to protect themselves from chemical exposure.
This video aims to inform and educate fume-hood users, with useful theory and knowledge on safe operations.
It covers a comprehensive range of topics, including fume-hood basics, risk assessment, types of hoods, fume-hood sashes, airfoils/vanes/baffles, safe working habits and maintenance.
