Ducted Fume Hood is also called Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) in technical term. Ducted Fume Hood is not an ordinary laboratory furniture, it need to be properly tested and has legal implications.
Many think that Ducted Fume Hood is a standalone device and if there is a Ducted Fume Hood in your laboratory and you use it, you will be safe. The reality is that a Ducted Fume Hood is only a small component in the mechanical ventilation system of a laboratory. It is the point of interface between the user and the laboratory ventilation system (LVS). The Ducted Fume Hood does very little alone.
Before you purchase or install a Ducted Fume Hood, please make sure you know what law and regulations that involved. This video presentation provide you with in-depth discussion about the regulatory requirements under the Malaysia regulations to date (2021). Especially, in relationship with DOSH (Department of Occupational Safety and Health) and DOE (Department of Environmental).
Please see below the list of regulatory related Ducted Fume Hood in Malaysia
As for local and international test method and guidelines, please find below the listing.
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