{"id":4237,"date":"2015-04-06T17:37:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2016-04-21T19:21:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T19:21:21","slug":"biological-safety-cabinets-understanding-the-different-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/cellculture\/biological-safety-cabinets-understanding-the-different-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological Safety Cabinets: Understanding the Different Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to your lab refrigerators and freezers, <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/cellculture\/how-to-choose-the-right-cold-storage-for-your-cell-culture-workflow\/\" target=\"_blank\">we made a case<\/a>&nbsp;for why spending precious budget dollars on true medical-grade equipment can preserve your work. But, by contrast, we may sometimes have an inclination to buy more biological safety cabinet than we need&mdash;or, in this case, more features than we need.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to adding or replacing your cabinets, consider that less, in this case, may be more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Want to learn more? Explore our on-demand webinar:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/event.thermoscientific.com\/LP=1778\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Protect You and Your Science with Biological Safety Cabinets, at the Cell Culture Caf&eacute;.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is external exhaust always necessary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biological safety cabinets are a necessary part of any cell culturing lab&mdash;and we see their ubiquity in TV shows and movies that depict our work. Deciding what kind of BSC to buy can be a complex choice that depends on the types of applications in your lab. So you&rsquo;ll want to understand just how these cabinets work before you make that decision.<\/p>\n<p>Class 2 Type B2 cabinets are externally exhausted, drawing air in from the lab environment and ventilating it through a canopy. This may seem like what we would all prefer. After all, who wants to risk allowing potentially contaminated air into our workspace? But that assumption doesn&rsquo;t take into account the work done by the HEPA filter to remove contaminants from the air <em>inside<\/em> the cabinet, before it is circulated back out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the HEPA filter works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/cellculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/tfs_1002_thmbnls-biosafetycab1.jpg\" alt=\"biological_safety_cabinets_bacteria_virus_level_fume_hoods_biosafety_clean_types_airflow_certification\" title=\"The_Different_Classes_Of_Biological_Safety_Cabinets\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" style=\"float: right\" \/>When you see a HEPA filter whose pore size is 0.3 microns&mdash;the kind used to filter bacteria&mdash;it seems logical that anything smaller than the pore size will pass through. But that doesn&rsquo;t take into account the behavior of tiny particles, whose zigzag patterns in the filter&rsquo;s membrane will cause them to become lodged as well. The HEPA filter is more of a forest than a single-layer net, and even viruses smaller than the pore size of the filter can get trapped as they pass through the membrane.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a HEPA filter has something called a &ldquo;most penetrating particle size&rdquo; (MPPS); anything smaller or larger will most likely be trapped and removed from the airflow. Know the MPPS of the filter you choose in the context of the materials you&rsquo;re working with when selecting a new BSC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what&rsquo;s the harm of buying more BSC than you need?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So why not just buy as much BSC as you can? Because you&rsquo;ll expose yourself to a different kind of risk: spending more money than you have to. You may pay thousands more a year in air-conditioning and control costs for the externally exhausted cabinet. While a B2 cabinet is a necessary part of working with toxic gases, for example, the A2 is usually the best choice for cell culture work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on BSCs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about making the right choice for your lab watch our on-demand webinar,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/event.thermoscientific.com\/LP=1778\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Protect You and Your Science with Biological Safety Cabinets, at the Cell Culture Caf&eacute;.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For help in selecting the right BSC, explore our&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/biosafetycabinet.thermoscientific.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biological Safety Cabinet Education Selector<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to your lab refrigerators and freezers, we made a case&nbsp;for why spending precious budget dollars on true medical-grade equipment can preserve your work. 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