title: Report of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's workshop on the performance of laboratory chemical hoods.
abstract: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute sponsored a workshop on laboratory chemical hoods on June 8, 9, and 10, 1998, that brought together 24 experts in the field of laboratory chemical hoods to critically assess the information known about hood performance. Workshop participants developed 31 consensus statements that reflect their collective views on the body of knowledge or lack thereof, for laboratory chemical hoods. The consensus statements fall into four broad categories: (1) hood selection, use, and operation; (2) hood and laboratory design issues; (3) ventilation system design issues; and (4) hood performance testing. The consensus statements include 26 statements on what is known and unknown about the performance of laboratory chemical hoods, 2 statements of definition, and 3 statements that reflect the participants' agreement not to agree. The brief commentary that follows each consensus statement provides guidance and recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Environment, Health and Safety Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Louis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: DiBerardinis
authors.forename: Melvin W
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authors.lastname: First
authors.forename: Esmeralda
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authors.lastname: Party
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Warfield
authors.forename: J Patrick
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: J Lindsay
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Edgar L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Galson
authors.forename: Pamela L
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authors.lastname: Greenley
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authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Hitchings
authors.forename: Gerhard W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Knutson
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Janet S
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authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Jeff D
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authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Finucane
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ghidoni
authors.forename: Jerry
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authors.lastname: Koenigsberg
authors.forename: Mark
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authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Memarzadeh
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Norton
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authors.lastname: Schuyler
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authors.lastname: Barkley
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D004867:Equipment Design; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D008422:Materials Testing; D016272:Occupational Health; D014691:Ventilation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*