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10 Tips for Working Safely in the Laboratory with Your Biosafety Cabinet

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10 Tips for Working Safely in the Laboratory with Your Biosafety Cabinet

19 Nov, 2025

NuAire Inc

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Download this digital poster to remind your laboratory technicians about ten tips they should follow when working within a biosafety cabinet. This illustrated poster will illustrate the following habits that will help you work with, not against, cabinet airflow:

Know the Airflow
Work at the Proper Sash Level
Never Cover the Air Grill
Minimize Rapid Movement
Reduce Splatter
Know Your Work Area
Work from Clean to Contaminated
Working with Tubes
Working with Petri Dishes
Working with Aspirator Bottles or Suction Flasks

Click here to download the complete resource.

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