Biosafety Cabinets


Select Equipment from the Main Menu bar.  Select Biosafety Cabinets from the Biosafety Cabinets menu.




  1. This opens the Biosafety Cabinet list screen.  Use filters and column sorting to view and find Biosafety Cabinets for editing.



  1. Click the More dropdown to open the list of editable dropdown lists for Biosafety Cabinet details such as Cabinet Classes and Types.


  1. Select a list for editing.  The list of Manufacturers is shown below.  Select [Add], [Edit] or [Archive] to add or change the list of Manufacturers.
  2. Click the [Biosafety Cabinets] button to return to the list of Biosafety Cabinets.



  1. Click [Add] to add a Manufacturer and enter information. The Device Type is BSC (Biosafety Cabinet).  Click [Save] to save the entry or [Cancel] to discard any edits and go back to the previous screen.



  1. Click [Add] to add a Biosafety Cabinet, or [Edit] to modify an existing Biosafety Cabinet.  This opens the Biosafety Cabinet entry/edit screen.


  1. Enter the Serial #.  This field is required and is a unique identifier.
  2. Select the Manufacturer from the dropdown list.
  3. Enter the Model.
  4. Select the Class and the Type from the dropdown list.
  5. Enter the Organizational ID.
  6. Select the Institution and the Department from the dropdown lists.
  7. Select the Building and the Lab (location) from the dropdown lists.
  8. Enter any details needed in the Miscellaneous and Additional Features sections as needed.


  1. Scroll down to view the Custodians Section shown below.



  1. Click the radio button for Search by PI/Permit or Search All Workers to search for and add a custodian.
  2. Search by PI/Permit is shown below.  Select the PI from the dropdown list.
  3. After the PI is selected, choose one of the Permits attached to the PI from the Permit # dropdown.



  1. After the PI and Permit are selected, the list of Workers attached to the permit will be available for attaching.
  2. Click on the [Attach] button to attach each custodian needed.



  1. When the "Search All Workers" option is chosen, enter filter criteria (Begins With, etc.) and click the [Search] button.



  1. Click [Save] to save the entries or [Cancel] to discard any entry/edit and return to the previous screen.