Purair Basic Ductless Fume Hoods

This white paper details the history, modern uses, and regulations of cannabis, marijuana, and general botanical production in the United States and offers methods for improved botanical product quality through specialized equipment. Product quality is directly dependent on a consistent, repeatable manufacturing process. Proper laboratory equipment is an essential component for both repeatability and safety. The ideal equipment for cannabis and botanical applications ensures plant or product isolation, contamination control, and proper air filtration. Specially designed ductless fume hoods capture harmful vapors, fumes, and particulates making them a valuable addition to production procedures.

Air Science® manufactures a complete series of high efficiency ductless fume hoods, ductless workstations, laboratory filtration products, and custom enclosures designed to protect the user, the process and the environment from hazardous vapors, fumes, and particulates. This application note explains the benefits of their ductless fume hoods.

Carbon filter monitoring is essential to maintain the safety of personnel using fume hoods on a daily basis. Testing filtered air with colorimetric tubes is an inexpensive and effective method for laboratory personnel to monitor the level of filter saturation in real time. This application note presents Purair advanced fume hoods, with an inter-filter test port specifically designed for sampling tubes.

Fume hoods are designed to protect operators, the environment, and equipment from a variety of contaminants. These airborne contaminants are often volatile and highly combustible. With the addition of heat sources such as hot plates and electrical equipment, they can lead to a heightened danger of fire. The following application note presents the Air Science® Purair® Advanced line of fume hoods as a series of high efficiency products designed to protect the user and the environment from hazardous vapors generated on the work surface, and to offer an added measure of fire protection.

Provisions outlined in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter 800 (USP 800) outline the best practices to maintain the highest quality standards for the handling of hazardous drugs. These practices promote patient safety, worker safety and environmental protection at all phases of drug handling. This application note discusses the design and construction features of a set of engineering controls, collectively known as containment primary engineering controls (C-PECs), for hazardous drugs in healthcare settings that meet the USP 800 requirements.

In the quest for the world's best beer, every brewer knows that quality beer begins with the meticulous examination and handling of ingredients, as well as the yeast culture strain. Aseptic techniques create a barrier between the contaminants in the environment and the sterile culture cell, and many brewers create positive pressure enclosures as a simple solution to this problem. This application note presents Air Science laminar flow hoods as high efficiency cabinets, ideally suited for use with non-hazardous contaminants where flexible access to the work zone is required.

This paper discusses the design and construction features of a set of engineering controls, collectively known as containment primary engineering controls (C-PECs), for hazardous drugs in healthcare settings. Biological safety cabinets and fume hoods in particular will be examined to identify the features that most effectively prevent exposure and meet USP 800 requirements.

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Beyond the laboratory with ductless enclosures…