Presentation: Introduction To Biosafety Cabinets

Microbiologists are very concerned about maintaining a contamination-free work area. Therefore, you will notice that a biosafety cabinet is generally cleaned daily and kept free of excessive equipment.

Chemical fume hoods, on the other hand, can often house on-going experiments for months at a time. Since there is usually not a contamination concern, little priority is placed on removing excess equipment.

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