Research laboratory design: do's and don'ts.

This article briefly describes a research program undertaken by the National Institutes of Health Office of Research Services to investigate ventilation performance of different laboratory configurations, and their affect on the hood. It focuses on some specific recommendations identified by the work which should help designers optimise performance. The intent is to provide a basis for guidelines to maximise lab hood containment performance, while minimising the impact of the lab layout and ventilation system. Found here are only a small &action of the recommendations contained in the 520 page ~ publication titled "Methodology for Optimisation of Laboratory Hood Containment" which is now available on the Internet.