ASSP Z9.14 PDF

ASSP Z9.14 – Testing and Performance-Verification Methodologies for Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL-3) Ventilation Systems

This standard provides the user with:

• Testing standardization, uniformity, and consistency through the use of minimal performance-based testing and verification methodologies for BSL-3/ABSL-3 ventilation systems
• Technical background and information that addresses the engineering and associated systems for ventilation within a BSL-3/ABSL-3 laboratory using the many tenants of a risk assessment and performance-based approach that is fully compatible with bio risk management systems and national and international health and safety management systems without duplicating or contradicting their requirements
• Risk assessment guidance and methodologies to identify hazards that can be evaluated in terms of the likelihood that a problem may occur and the damage from such an event that may occur
• The collective knowledge of biosafety and design professionals and owners/operators who recognize the need to establish uniformity in the requirements and methodologies for the testing and performance verification of the ventilation system of BSL-3/ ABSL-3 laboratories