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Keep up to dateComparison of AECP 1054 recommendations | ||
1979 air change rate | 1989 air change rate | |
Change rooms | 4–5 | 4–5 |
Normal clean air corridors | 5 | 1–2 |
Normal inactive rooms | 5 | 1–2 |
Controlled areas of low potential hazard | 5 | 2 |
Controlled areas of high potential hazard | 10 | 5–10 |
Maintenance areas of primary containment of low-risk process plants | 5–10 | 1–5 |
Maintenance areas of primary containment of high-risk process plants | 30 | 10 |
Primary containments (glove box, cell or cave) | 2–30 dependent on process and hazards | 2–30 dependent on process and hazards |