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To: BulbaMan who wrote (185)	10/10/2001 11:32:14 AM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 891

Good idea, but clean rooms aren't needed. The thought is correct, however..... companies like NuAire and Baker make class II and III safety cabinets where one works with pathogens. In general, one engineers a room for negative pressure, with efflux air being filtered. You then stick these "safety cabinets" inside to protect those who are working in the area of negative pressure.

To: BulbaMan who wrote (185)	10/19/2001 2:19:01 PM
From: scaram(o)uche	Respond to of 891

For lab work, one needs a biosafety cabinet that protects both the operator and the project/work from contamination. However, a simple class I cabinet, or a device that functions like one, would be "much better than nothing" for opening mail. There's no need to protect mail from the bacteria, spores, aerosols, etc. in ambient room air. It is merely a negative pressure work area, with a "blower" (my highly technical term) that sucks air from the ambient room environment into the cabinet and through a HEPA filter before eflux. Don't know for certain, but Harold Engstrom here at SI may know about some engineering companies that may be in demand, in the future, to construct mail rooms. This really sucks. Cowards. Monsters. BTW..... I've been responsible for biosafety at two biotechs. In the event that there are simple questions, relating to biosafety circa 1990.