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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: 

  1. Know the Airflow
  2. Work at the Proper Sash Level
  3. Never Cover the Air Grill
  4. Minimize Rapid Movement
  5. Reduce Splatter
  6. Know Your Work Area
  7. Work from Clean to Contaminated
  8. Working with Tubes
  9. Working with Petri Dishes
  10. Working with Aspirator Bottles or Suction Flasks 

Click here to download the complete resource.

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