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Innocage® Containment Performance Validation
Innovive contracted an independent, A2LA accredited lab that specializes in contaminate control to perform a series of 3rd party validation tests on the Innocage® Containment.A "fractional retention efficiency enclosure test" (IEST RP-CC0021.1) was performed using latex spheres.
The spheres were introduced into the supply port operating at 48 ACH. Spheres entering the cage were counted and their size measured. Any spheres escaping from the cage were captured downstream, counted and measured to calculate the efficiency data below.
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.1-.2 microns 99.97% |
.3-.7 microns 99.99% |
In addition to achieving this standard of cage-level containment, the Innorack® employs a quad-fan ventilation system that
provides rack-level HEPA filtration for both the supply and exhaust sides of the system.
For more information regarding these results please contact us at 866 43 CAGES.
Disposable Caging: Containment
The BMBL recommends, whenever possible, using disposable materials that can be autoclaved and incinerated (1).
(1) DHHS, CDC & NIH. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories 4th edn.
(Richmond, J.Y. & Mc Kinney, R.W.)
US Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1999)
CONTAINMENT- PROCESS IS CRITICAL
The purpose of containment is to reduce or eliminate the exposure of laboratory workers, other persons, and the outside environment to potentially hazardous agents that are used in a laboratory environment.Laboratory animal housing presents unique challenges for containment. Designing a comprehensive containment solution requires consideration of factors such as product features, materials flow and the number of process steps required.
Both the performance of the caging system and well-developed protocols are essential to risk management in these unique environments.
DISPOSABLE CAGES SOLUTION
DISPOSABLE CONTAINMENT - WE SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS
At Innovive we believe that any containment product is only as good as the procedures and processes associated with it.Innovive DISPOSABLE CONTAINMENT cages offer facilities an opportunity to simplify containment operations by eliminating the additional process steps associated with washing and sterilizing traditional cages.
Facilities that use Innovive disposable containment caging benefit from a one-way materials flow with cages taken directly from the hood to be incinerated or autoclaved and then disposed.
A new irradiated cage is guaranteed at every change.
CONTAINMENT WITH DISPOSABLE CAGES, PART 1
1. Innorack®
High-performance IVC rodent housing rack, over 150 configuration options
pic 1. Innorack® IVC Mouse, close-up
- Negative and Positive Modes of operation; HEPA filters in both the supply and exhaust blowers ensure HEPA-filtration at the rack level.
- MULTIPLE DECONTAMINATION OPTIONS: Innovive racks can be decontaminated by autoclaving, VHP or other standard decontamination method.
- DYNAMIC CONTROLLER allows users to select positive or negative modes of operation while the closed loop controller dynamically maintains user settings on both intake and exhaust blowers.
CONTAINMENT WITH DISPOSABLE CAGES, PART 2
2. Innocage® Containment
Disposable IVC cage designed for containment applications.
pic 2. Innocage® Containment Mouse
- (1) HEPA-rated filter media.
- (2) Airtight seals.
- (3) HEPA-filtered vent equalizes pressure and allows short-term static ventilation.
- SIMPLIFIED CAGE PROCESSING: new cages are used for every change-out, dirty cages are bagged and sealed under the hood; then, incinerated or autoclaved.
CONTAINMENT WITH DISPOSABLE CAGES, PART 3
3. Aquavive® Water Bottle
Disposable Water Bottle, designed for Innovive disposable rodent caging.
pic 3. Aquavive® Water Bottle
- Delivered empty or prefilled: The Aquavive® water bottle can be delivered pre-filled with a quick access, peel-away tab and filled with purified, laboratory grade acidified water.
- Optionally, bottle can be sealed to the cage using a double-sided gasket.
