LAB MANAGEMENT (BSC) Flashcards
Enclosed workspaces with a ventilated hood designed to contain pathogenic microorganisms during microbiological processes
BIOSAFETY CABINETS
Primary purpose of BSC
Protect laboratory personnel and the environment from pathogenic microorganism, as aerosols might be formed during the processing of such microorganisms.
T/F
BSC are only used for certain risk group organisms and for processes that might result in aerosol formation.
T
decontaminate the air moving out of the cabinet
HEPA-filters
Similarity of Laminar hood and BSC
Work as enclosed workspaces
Difference of LAMINAR HOOD from BSC
Laminar hood: Only protects sample
BSC: Protects sample, personnel, environment
Used BSC for BSL 1 and 2
I, II
Used BSC for BSL 3 or 4
III
BSC CLASS:
Protection: environment, personnel
I
Most basic biosafety cabinet
I
Open front. Unsterilized room air enters and passes through High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter before being exhausted
I
Typically used to either enclose specific equipment like centrifuges or for procedures like aerating cultures that might potentially generate aerosols.
I
TYPES OF BSC CLASS I
Ducted: connected to the building exhaust system
Unducted: recirculating filtered exhaust back into the laboratory
INFLOW VELOCITY OF BSC CLASS I
75
- Room air is drawn in through the opening that also allows the entry of the operator’s arm during work.
- Air inside the cabinet then takes in the aerosol particles that may have been generated and moves it away from the operator towards the HEPA filter
- Air moving out of the cabinet is thus, sterilized via the HEPA filters before its discharge to the environment.
- Air moves in the front, towards the back, other recirculates within the working area before being exhausted from the HEPA filter at the top of the cabinet. Filtered air stays in the room.
CLASS I
AIR EXHAUSTED OF BSC CLASS I
100
AIR RECIRCULATED OF BSC CLASS I
0
BSC CLASS
Protection: worker, environment, product
II
An open-front, ventilated cabinet with vertical laminar flow. The air inside the cabinet is vented through a HEPA filter and recirculated through the cabinet. The exhaust from the cabinet is filtered through a HEPA filter.
II
Involves a fan mounted in the top of the cabinet that draws a curtain of sterile air over the workstation where the biological products are being handled.
II
Divided into 5 types depending on the: exhaust system and mechanism of work (recirculation of the exhaust air)
II
Provides protection to the samples and environment, since make up air is also HEPA-filtered.
II
Minimum required class in the laboratories.
II
- Air moves underneath the work station and back up to the top of the cabinet before passing through the HEPA filters.
- The exhaust that moves out of the facility consists of air being drawn into the front of the cabinet underneath the work surface.
- Air drawn in acts as a barrier against the potentially contaminated air coming back out to the operator
II
Not widely used (not safe to work with hazardous chemical subs.)
II – A1
Contaminated air divided just above the work station and mixes with the inflow air
II – A1
AIRFLOW VELOCITY OF CLASS II A1
75
- Mixed air is drawn through a duct network so that it reaches the back of the cabinet
- Air might be either recirculated after passing through the HEPA filters or exhausted out of the cabinet (also through a HEPA filter)
II – A1