CERTIFICATION
Our certification is backed by hard data recorded and analyzed by international biosafety experts.
Certification demonstrates that the critical environment has been evaluated by independent subject matter experts.
The certification ensures that all systems function to performance requirements and achieve the intent of government regulations, guidelines, and standards.
Quality Assurance
Our leadership is fully committed and responsible for the overall quality assurance for each project. When you partner with World BioHazTec, our management ensures that all deliverables and data are professional and adhere to the goals of your project.
Certification
Your researchers and the community expect a safe and secure environment. Annual verification that your laboratory or critical environment meets or exceeds nationally or internationally acknowledged biosafety standards in its design and operation is an important part of due diligence as an employer and being a good community member. A team certification incorporates elements of a risk assessment to determine whether the biocontainment facility is built to, and operating at, acceptable biocontainment standards.
World BioHazTec is uniquely equipped to help clients through the certification process. Our approach is to work with the biosafety officer and facility engineers to remediate any facility deficiencies and to include quality improvements and suggestions. World BioHazTec performs a detailed risk assessment of your laboratory that addresses:
- Engineering Controls
- BioRisk Management System
- Biosafety Policies and Procedures
- Biosecurity
- HVAC Performance
- Fan Failure Scenarios
- Smoke Testing
- Differential Pressure Monitoring
- Safety Management System
- Training
Our Certification Process.
Certification Preparation
Our professionals prepare the safety and facility personnel for the certification survey. We keep communication open so that all key personnel understand the certification survey, tests and failure scenarios that will occur during World BioHazTec’s site visit. Prior to the survey we will:
- Request documentation such as design drawings and Test and Air Balance Reports.
- Prepare fan failure scenarios.
- Confirm the attendance of key staff for access to components of the ventilation system.
Certification Survey
Conduct a site visit and complete the following:
- Introduction meeting and agenda review.
- Conduct HVAC failure scenarios.
- Visually inspect facility for government regulations, guidelines and standards compliance.
- Measure differential pressures at each door.
- Smoke test room airflow patterns around primary barrier equipment.
- Attend exit meeting with the Owner and key staff to discuss initial findings.
Certification Report
Provide a Certification that identifies the strengths and areas of improvement to achieve compliance and certification to the applicable requirements. The Report includes:
- Graphical depictions of the facility.
- Layout of the facility.
- Graphs of differential pressure readings and interpretation.
- Verification of calibration of the facility’s differential pressure meters.
- Pictures indicating design issues.
- Quality improvement recommendations.
- Certificates of equipment used to collect data to verify accuracy and integrity of the Report.
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Certified Meters
Facility certification is achieved by using the combined talents of a team of engineers and safety professionals who utilize cutting edge technology. No other certification company can match the number of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certified TEC meters World BioHazTec owns and maintains. We can certify most facilities in less than one day because we use the best in reliable technology.