ABC of Safety in the Biological Sciences

 

 

AIR CONDITIONING

Air conditioning systems should be designed to cope with the specific requirements of each laboratory. As a base, each person requires a minimum of 7.5 L/s fresh air (Australian Standard AS1668, Part 2).

Special attention should be paid to the design of systems for microbiology.These should be of the non­recirculation type and have separate filtered exhaust ducting with vents remote from air intakes (Australian Standard AS2243, Part 3).

A general standard of five air changes per hour is recommended in the United Kingdom.⁸⁹

Included are some general guidelines to the quantity of air flow/person and their space requirements.

 

 

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