laminar flow hood
Clean air cabinet
A laminar flow hood is a workstation that maintains a sterile environment by directing filtered air in smooth, parallel layers across the work surface.
Used in laboratories, pharmacies, and manufacturing to protect samples or products from airborne contamination: The technician prepared the IV medication under the laminar flow hood.
Also called a laminar flow cabinet.
- clean airUncontaminated breathable gas
- work surfaceFlat area for tasks
- lab benchScientific workspace surface
- safety guidelinesInstructions to prevent harm
- biological safetyProtection from living hazards
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- controlled environmentsclean room, cleanroom, laboratory, isolation chamber, sterile room
- lab equipmentmicroscope, microscopes, beaker, beakers, test tube
- sterile environmentcleanroom, operating room, OR, glovebox, sterile field
- sterile environmentsclean room, operating room, surgery suite, laboratory, glovebox
- Cleanroomsbunny suit, HEPA filter, anteroom, sticky mat, positive pressure
- Compoundingcompounding pharmacy, formulation, active ingredient, active ingredients, mortar and pestle
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