Biosafety Laboratories

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Biosafety Laboratories
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About Us Kewaunee combines manufacturing and
infrastructure expertise with industry 4.0
technologies to deliver next-generation
laboratories to our clients. From our humble
beginnings in 1906, we have grown to be a global
leader in the design and manufacture of
laboratory furniture. Today, we are proud to be a
de facto choice for complete turnkey laboratory
solutions. Over 5,000 customers trust us for our
technological innovation to build labs of the
future.
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Our HistoryIn the early 1900s, Europe, and
particularly Germany, led the laboratory
equipment and furniture market in the United
States. A handful of investors, wanting to change
the situation, gathered in Kewaunee, Wisconsin,
USA. The group was small. But the vision was big.
A vision to to build a superior line of
laboratory furniture, the best that can be
built. In 1906, the vision translated into
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company with an 18-member
team. After World War I, the American scientific
industry began to gain ground, and Kewaunee grew
rapidly. By the end of the 1920s, Kewaunee was
building both steel and wood laboratory furniture
and accessories. Kewaunees association with the
organisations and institutions in the USA grew
stronger. During World War II, Kewaunee was a
government contractor for the Air Corps and an
important supplier for the Manhattan Project.
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BSL Services Microbiological labs deal with
harmful and infectious agents. Facilities dealing
with hazardous pathogens must take extreme
precautions to prevent infection of
microbiologists and lab technicians. Adequate
precautions are also necessary to limit the
contamination of the work environment and the
community at large. Kewaunee offers a complete
range of microbiological laboratory services
ranging from risk assessment to quarantine and
isolation wards.
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES BSL 1 Labs
BSL-1 labs are used to study infectious agents or
toxins not known to consistently cause disease in
healthy adult humans or animals. BSL 2 Labs
BSL-2 laboratories are used to study
moderate-risk infectious agents or toxins that
pose a moderate danger if accidentally inhaled,
swallowed, or exposed to the skin. BSL 3 Labs
BSL-3 laboratories are used to study infectious
agents or toxins that may be transmitted through
the air and cause potentially lethal infections.
BSL 4 Labs BSL-4 laboratories are used to
study infectious agents or toxins that pose a
high risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory
infections and life-threatening disease for which
no vaccines or therapies are available.
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• Lab / Diagnostics Facilities
• Kewaunee achieves various biosafety level (BSL 1,
  BSL 2 BSL 3) laboratories design and
  construction, safety and protective equipment,
  and best-in-class laboratory practices. As a
  one-stop partner, Kewaunee BSL services offers a
  hassle-free and risk-mitigated containment
  project for you
• BSL 1, BSL 2 BSL 3 Facilities
• Flexible Fixed Mobile Units
• Standard Special Practices
• Primary BarrierBiosafety Cabinet, Face
  Respiratory Protection, Clothing Protection
• Secondary BarrierLab Facility Design

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AUDIT, TRAINING, AND SAFETY Good microbiological
techniques Chemical, fire and electrical safety
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