Re: UV hood vs Flow Hood

On Dec 12, 2:51 pm, Jeswin <phillyj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > UV in this sense is just to break down the RNA, since its more labile
> > than DNA anyway. I would think it would have small arm holes to
> > prevent air currents as much as possible, did it?
>
> Not too sure. Maybe it did. It was a commercially available product. I
> was a bit nervous for the interview to pay close attention to the
> equipment. lol

Some laminar flow hoods will use UV light to sterilize air internally.
Most of the UV hoods I've worked in either; A.) Had a sash switch so
that arms in/out -> lights off/on or B) had a timer that turned the
lights on for X number of hours after use. IIRC, bacterial spores are
about the only thing you need to worry about in a UV hood.

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