Definition of terms – Labconco FilterMatPortable Exhausters 3970024 User Manual
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Chapter 4: Using FilterMate
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Applications for the FilterMate
when attached to an Enclosure
• Release of low concentrations of vapors effectively
adsorbed or treated in carbon-based filters, or release of
particulates for HEPA filter only and release of vapors
and particulates for combination HEPA and carbon
filters.
• Weighing of powders using a HEPA filter.
• Treatment of specific chemicals that are carcinogens or
suspected carcinogens. See section on carcinogens in
Chapter 4.
• Procedures that may have traditionally been done on the
open bench (low levels).
• Odoriferous chemicals that are an unpleasant nuisance.
Other applications, not fitting the above guidelines, would be
better suited in a ducted fume hood, biological safety cabinet or
enclosure that allows for exhausting to the outside. With all
applications, the FilterMate should be used in areas where only
knowledgeable users have access to the enclosure.
REFERENCES TO NIOSH OR OSHA GUIDELINES
AND REGULATIONS APPLY TO ANY WORK
PLACE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. OTHER COUNTRIES
OUTSIDE THE U.S. HAVE ESTABLISHED
STANDARDS, WHICH MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY
FROM THOSE USED AS GUIDELINES FOR THIS
PRODUCT. IT IS THE USER’S RESPONSIBILITY
TO BECOME AWARE OF LOCAL REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE SAFE USE AND DISPOSAL OF
CHEMICALS, CARBON AND HEPA FILTERS.
KNOWLEDGE OF ESTABLISHED SAFE
EXPOSURE LEVELS IS IMPERATIVE TO THE
PROPER USE OF FILTERED ENCLOSURES.
Definition of Terms
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health/Mine Safety and Health Administration. (U.S.A.)
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