A novel waste bin carrier (100) is proposed for carrying at least one waste bin (200). The waste bin carrier (100) includes a frame (110) having a base (130) for receiving thereon one waste bin (200) or more. The waste bin carrier (100) also has a locking mechanism (120) movably attached to the frame (110) for releasably securing at least one waste bin (200) to the waste bin carrier (100). The locking mechanism (120) has a pusher guide (121) that extends in a first horizontal Cartesian dimension (X) for lateral engagement with the waste bin (200). The locking mechanism also has at least one articulated arm (122) that connects the pusher guide (121) to the frame (110) of the waste bin carrier (100) for allowing movement of the pusher guide (121) in respect to the frame (110) between the deployed state and the released state.

To provide a biosafety cabinet that issues a warning if exhaust duct connection is performed in an improper method. There is provided a biosafety cabinet which includes first air purification means for exhausting air, second air purification means for supplying purified air to an operation space, and air blowing means, in which the purified air is supplied from the second air purification means to the operation space and the air is exhausted from the first air purification means, the cabinet including: an opening connected to an exhaust duct that is provided downstream of the first air purification means; pressure detection means or air volume detection means disposed downstream of the first air purification means; a control unit controlling an operation of the air blowing means; and an alarm unit, in which the control unit determines an exhaust duct connection method based on an output of the pressure detection means or the air volume detection means and an operation state of the air blowing means, and in which if the exhaust duct connection method is improper, the alarm unit issues a warning.

Provided is a safety cabinet that prevents oversights in airtightness tests and HEPA filter penetration ratio tests even if a pathogen or the like leaks from a workspace wall surface in the interior of the safety cabinet. The safety cabinet includes: a work surface at the bottom of a workspace; a front panel at the front of the workspace; a work opening section below the front panel; and a first air purification means that filters exhaust air that is air discharged from within the workspace. The safety cabinet is characterized in that the non-workspace sides of a side wall surface and a back wall surface of the workspace are formed by an outer wall of a device with prescribed airtightness performance.

With respect to a clean air device, in order to provide a device structure and an air cleaning unit inspecting method capable of supplying clean air through a filter and also capable of measuring the amount of dust in a workroom space in which blown air forms a laminar flow such that an increase in the amount of dust can be accurately detected, the clean air device comprises an air cleaning unit, a rectifying unit arranged downstream of the air cleaning unit configured to rectify air blown from the air cleaning unit and form a laminar flow, and a workroom arranged downstream of the rectifying unit, wherein at least one suction port is provided on a wall surface in a space formed between the air cleaning unit and the rectifying unit, configured to draw out the air in the space to an exterior.

The invention relates to a safety workbench (1) having a work space (3) surrounded by a housing (2) having a work opening (6) located in the housing front side (4) and adjustable with an adjustable front panel (5) for admitting into the work space (3) an air inlet flow (7), an exhaust blower (8) and a circulating air blower (9) for conveying an air flow (10) in the safety workbench (1), which are designed such that a partial air flow drawn in by the exhaust blower (8) is filtered through an exhaust air filter (11) as exhaust air flow (12) from the safety workbench (1) and a partial air flow drawn in by the circulating air blower (9) through a circulating air filter (13) as downwardly directed circulating air flow (14) into the work space (3), and a control device (15), a differential pressure sensor (16) and two pressure transducers (17, 18) connected thereto which are designed to measure a pressure at two different positions within the safety workbench d, wherein a first of the pressure sensors (17) is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the fan blades (90) on the low pressure side (91) of the circulating air blower (9) and a second of the pressure sensors (18) is arranged in a low-flow area, (20) on the low pressure side (91) of the circulating air blower (9). The invention further relates to a method of operating a safety workbench according to any of the preceding claims, comprising the steps of: a) determining a pressure difference between the first pressure transducer (17) and the second pressure transducer (18) by means of the differential pressure sensor (16), b1) comparing the pressure difference determined in a) with a nominal pressure difference stored in the control device (15), which corresponds to a nominal volume flow, or b2) converting the pressure difference measured in a) into an associated volume flow and comparing the calculated volume flow with one nominal volume flow stored in the control device (15), and c) regulating the circulating air blower (9) such that the nominal volume flow is conveyed.

A safety cabinet includes an enclosure and at least one door to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet can be used to store, for example, flammable liquids, flammable waste, corrosives, pesticides, or combustible waste. The safety cabinet incorporates a thermally-actuated damper that includes a body, a valve plate, and a pivot assembly. The valve plate is disposed within the passage of the body such that the valve plate is movable between an open position and a closed position. The pivot assembly includes a biasing system adapted to bias the valve plate to the closed position and a fusible link interconnected between the body and the biasing system to constrain the valve plate from moving from the open position to the closed position. The fusible link is configured to melt at a predetermined temperature to thereby allow the biasing system to move the valve plate to the closed position.

Work on or in an isolator assembly is made difficult by the gloved intervention points also with regard to the movement space. Any facilitation can contribute to a lower physical effort and to a lower error quota. According to a further advantageous embodiment of the isolator assembly, this can therefore have operating devices for operating a rack and/or for operating the control device of the isolator assembly for users, in particular by keypad at a gloved intervention point and/or via voice recognition and/or by foot pedals. Details relating to these devices can be obtained from the application WO 2011/124 209 A, the relevant content of which is also made the content of the present application.

Presented is a method and apparatus for loading. The method includes loading one of an individually sterilized item or a non-sterile item into the cart, the cart comprising a top portion, and a plurality of wheels fixedly coupled to a bottom portion of the cart able to freely rotate and support the cart. The method further includes loading a sterilizing cabinet onto the cart, the sterilizing cabinet being removeably affixed to the cart and comprising an interior, the interior containing collectively sterilized items, the interior being sterilizeable and resealable.

A sample measuring system to reduce waste generated in a plurality of measurement units to be discarded to a common disposal unit while suppressing interference between measurement units due to waste disposal is provided. The sample measuring system includes a first measurement unit and a second measurement unit for measuring a sample, and a common disposal unit for storing waste generated from the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit. The first measurement unit includes a first disposal port connected to the disposal unit for discharging the waste generated in the first measurement unit. The second measurement unit includes a second disposal port connected to the disposal unit for discharging the waste generated in the second measurement unit.

A system and methods of securely storing biological samples prior to the secure transportation of the biological and/or biohazardous specimens to a depository where the system can determine the locations and pickup times of the couriers transporting the enclosures from the storage unit to the depository.