Role of the Class III Biological Safety Cabinet in Achieving Biological Safety Level 4 Containment (Chapter 10)

Abstract

Maximum personnel protection can be achieved in two fundamentally different ways: enclose the investigator in an air-supplied suit, or enclose the biohazardous agent in a primary containment device. This chapter will focus on the use of Class III Biological Safety Cabinets to meet biosafety level 4 containment.

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