A SCIENTIFIC SAFETY ALLIANCE COMPANY

Biosafety Cabinet Certification

Regulatory Guidance / Test Methods: ​

We offer testing, certification, and maintenance of biological safety cabinets. We certify BSCs to meet NSF-49, OSHA, NIH/CDC, and manufacturer’s standards. Our reports are supplied electronically same day.

BSC tests should be conducted whenever units are installed, moved, or following any significant maintenance. NSF 49 recommends that certifications be done annually, with more frequent certifications (semi-annual) performed for BSCs in cGMP environments. Biosafety cabinet testing and certification is critical to ensuring product and patient safety.

Primary Services

Ensures proper inflow is maintained for operator protection and environmental protection.
Documents the air in the work area is unidirectional and functioning as designed, preventing cross contamination, and providing product protection from the environment.
Documents leakage or defects and ensures HEPA filters provide required filtration to prevent both product and environmental contamination.
Qualitatively verifies airflow directions using a small source of visible fog.
Confirms alarm performance and assesses installation of units for NSF and OSHA compliance.

Additional Services

Performed in accordance with ISO 14644-1 or EC Annex 1, and provides a quantitative evaluation of air quality in terms of particulate in the work area.
Verifies hood operation/usage will not contribute to worker fatigue/stress and may be performed in association with troubleshooting.
Ensures product is not subject to damage due to vibration and may be performed in association with troubleshooting.
Ensures fluorescent lighting levels are sufficient to prevent operator fatigue.
Decontamination ensures the unit is non-infectious and compliant with regulatory standards.
ABOUT

Why Choose Class 1 Air

The Midwest’s largest single source for all of your air quality and certification needs. Our dedication to training and industry accreditations is demonstrated by having the LARGEST service team in the Midwest. Our technicians are NSF49* and (CETA) CNBT-RCCP- SCF** accredited.

We utilize cutting edge training facilities along with the most recognized names in the industry. Educational institutions include the Eagleson Institute, CETA, NEBB, Harvard School of Public Health,  IEST, Research Triangle Park, CDC, NIH and various manufacturers of clean air devices.

Our service team has accredited technicians to maintain your cGMP, USP797/800 and NSF49 mandated certification cycles along with emergencies and project deadlines. Our dedicated staff truly cares and we are proud to serve you. We have offices in Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago to serve your needs across the midwest

Experience

20 years of company history

Quality

Highly trained technicians (average 10-year tenure)

Report Turnaround

2 weeks for cleanrooms, same-day for hoods, BSCs, etc.

Urgency

We take emergency calls seriously. We can get technicians on-site quickly

People

Founder and employee-owned. Certified minority business enterprise

Our Locations

We are a regional service provider

We have offices in Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago to serve your needs across the midwest. Class 1 Air is your single source company for air filtration products and critical environment compliance testing. We proudly serve the upper Midwest. Our company is committed to leadership throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest in biological safety.

We primarily service the below states:

Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Madison
Green Bay

Illinois
Chicago
Aurora
Joliet

Indiana
Lafayette
South Bend 
Haute
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Evansville

Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Warren

We also service these additional states through our sister companies at the Scientific Safety Alliance:

Minnesota

Iowa

Missouri

Kansas

Nebraska

Virginia

West Virginia

North Carolina

Washington dc

maryland

south carolina

kentucky

tennessee

north dakota

south dakota

wyoming

montana

ohio

pennsylvania

massachusetts

New Hampshire