CAN/CSA-Z316.3-M87

Preface 

This is the first edition of CSA Standard CAN/CSA-Z316.3, Biological Containment Cabinets: Installation and Field Testing.

Scope

1.1
This Standard applies to the installation and testing of Class I and II biological containment cabinets. Such cabinets are designed to control and eliminate particulates and aerosols generated by routine laboratory manipulations.

This Standard provides criteria for testing and uniform procedures for conducting the identified field tests. The tests are intended to provide on site reassurance that the cabinet may be expected to control particulates and aerosols to the degree determined by certification tests done on this cabinet by the manufacturer. Tests undertaken in accordance with this Standard do not necessarily ensure acceptable performance unless the cabinet itself has been designed and constructed to a performance Standard such as NSF 49. It is fundamentally assumed that the equipment specifications, factory test report, and case history file will be provided by the manufacturer or user of the cabinet for comparison to the on site test results.