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Biological safety Levels (BSLs) are prescribed by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) to inhibit contamination of a work environment and ensure worker safety by outlining operating procedures and atmospheric controls. If you’ve read the BSL guidance document, you may have found the infection-rate distinctions and cabinet classes hard to conceptualize. Here, we summarize section IV of the Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 5^th Edition.

Many companies, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, use cleanrooms and isolated laboratories on a regular basis. For most of them, one of the most important requirements of a cleanroom is the ability to remove specimens or other materials without compromising its isolation, and as cleanroom usage grows, this requirement is only going to become ever more important. A BioSafe® Pass-Through from Terra Universal allows for easy transfer without cross-contamination.

The basic principle behind a Pass-Through or Pass-Through Window is simple. Like an airlock, it is a chamber installed into a wall separating two rooms with doors on both sides. Each door will only open when the other door is sealed, ensuring that there is never a direct connection between the clean and dirty sides.

Cleanliness is not a constant, and one of the most important features of any pass-through system is its ease of sterilization. Right angles and plated

Terra Universal has developed an innovative solution to transferring materials between rooms when air lock or pressure control is not needed. Pass-Through Convenience Windows and Doors act as transfer and transaction portals, allowing users to exchange materials or documents easily through a swing or sliding door.