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BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS
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07/01/06 Biosafety Cabinet Certification Program Recently Penn's Purchasing Services, Facilities Services and Environmental Health & Radiation Safety (EHRS) negotiated a new contract with Micro-Clean, Inc. to conduct Penn's biosafety cabinet certification and maintenance program. Beginning July 1, 2006, Penn will be using Micro-Clean, Inc. for all services related to biosafety cabinet certification, decontamination and repair. EHRS will work with Micro-Clean to ensure that all biosafety cabinets on campus are certified annually and maintained in safe working condition. Micro-Clean will re-tag all biosafety cabinets with their contact number and MCI tracking number.
If your cabinet is past due for its annual certification: contact EHRS 215-898-4453 or biohazreg@ehrs.upenn.edu.
If your cabinet is out of order or must be decontaminated prior to moving to a new location, contact the Micro-Clean customer service representative, Mickey Berrios at 1-800-523-9852 extension 236 or by email at migdaliaberrios@microcln.com to request a quote for these services. A copy of your valid purchase order must be faxed to Mickey's attention at 610-954-7803 prior to scheduling. This new contract was developed to reduce cost and improve service to the Penn research community. Please contact Andrew Maksymowych at 215-746-6706 if you have any questions about this new contract. 11/03/05 Labconco Recall Notice Labconco has identified a serious filter problem in their Purifier line of biosafety cabinets which could result in exposure to harmful particulates. If you own a Labconco Purifier Delta Series biosafety cabinet, please read this notice. Labconco will arrange for replacement of both supply & exhaust filters in affected units at no cost to you. » view recall notice 10/17/05 Baker Company Update EHRS has recently been informed by The Baker Company that they will no longer be supplying replacement parts for their older model biosafety cabinets. The attached letter from Baker lists the models that are affected by this decision. If you are currently using any of the biosafety cabinets listed in the letter in your laboratory, please begin planning for their replacement. Please contact EHRS with any questions and for consultation regarding the purchase of a new biosafety cabinet. » view Baker letter |
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