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Contamination Control Consumables to be Used in Cleaning Fume Hoods, Chemical Workstations, Biological Safety Cabinets, Laminar Flow Hoods, or Other Front Access Fixtures

This document discusses the cleaning consumables used in the cleaning process of fume hoods,chemical workstations,biological safety cabinets (BSCs), and laminar flow hoods.The term “front access fixture” is used to describe fixtures that do not require users to place their hands into fixed gloves to access their interior.The cleaning process can be boiled down to two rules: clean from clean areas to contaminated areas and use unidirectional, parallel, overlapping strokes as you wipe. Be sure to follow your standard operating procedure (SOP) for which consumable, e.g., wipe, mop/cleaningtool (designed specifically for smaller work areas and limited access), swab, solution, e.g., cleaning agent or disinfectant, to use, and how to clean, what stroke length, where to start each stroke, etc., tobring the fixture back to its validated cleanliness level, which were determined by internal standards. Other considerations that are part of cleaning will be discussed later.

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