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  1. Step by Step: Cleanroom Gowning Procedures, Gowning Order, and Instructions

    Step by Step: Cleanroom Gowning Procedures, Gowning Order, and Instructions

    Step by Step ISO Cleanroom Gowning Procedures, Gowning Order, Instructions Where do most cleanroom contaminants come from? Simple: the cleanroom staff brings them in. With enough foot traffic, outside contaminants can easily migrate into your cleanroom — but the right safeguards will help your …

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  2. Cleanroom & Laboratory Feature Comparison: Sinks, Hand Washers, Hand Dryers

    Cleanroom & Laboratory Feature Comparison: Sinks, Hand Washers, Hand Dryers

    Compare Features: Cleanroom & Laboratory Sinks, Hand Washers, Hand Dryers As humans are the primary source of contamination in cleanroom and lab environments, cleanroom-compliant hand washers, sinks and hand dryers play a critical role in reducing bioburden and viable particle counts within …

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  3. Compare Cleanroom Storage Shelving, Cabinets, and Features

    Compare Cleanroom Storage Shelving, Cabinets, and Features

    A - ISO Rating (back to chart) ISO 14644-1 is a widely recognized international standard that specifies the classification of air cleanliness in cleanrooms and controlled environments. The standard provides guidance for assessing and controlling the levels of airborne particulates in these …

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  4. Cleanroom Workstation and Laboratory Table Surfaces, Configurations, and Material Comparison

    Cleanroom Workstation and Laboratory Table Surfaces, Configurations, and Material Comparison

    Terra Universal manufactures application-specific cleanroom workbench packages for a variety of uses, many available for immediate shipment and delivery from its Fullerton, California facility. Terra also offers a wide selection of cleanroom specialized equipment from the following manufacturers: …

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  5. How Do I Choose the Right Casters for Cleanroom Carts or Chairs?

    How Do I Choose the Right Casters for Cleanroom Carts or Chairs?

    If you've ever inspected the feet and casters of typical office equipment, most are inhabited by a fine layer of dust, organic matter, and detritus. In most environments, objects that come in contact with the floor are expected to be dirty. In cleanrooms, maintaining ultra clean flooring is a key …

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  6. Cleanroom Chair and ESD Seating Specifications, Seat Filtration, and Chemical Resistance

    Cleanroom Chair and ESD Seating Specifications, Seat Filtration, and Chemical Resistance

    Whether outfitting a chair for a specific task or facility-wide outfitting, Terra Universal carries a wide selection of seating options catered for static-sensitive and cleanroom environments. Below, we'll evaluate a host of different cleanroom-compatible options for ISO 3 to ISO 8 chairs and …

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  7. Operator Nausea from Work Surface Vibration

    Operator Nausea from Work Surface Vibration

    The Side Effects of Visual Disturbance Sitting still can feel like a rocking ocean when staring through an unstable microscope — persistent viewing of blurry, shaky objects at high magnification causes nausea, headaches and fatigue. But the symptoms of motion sickness go beyond an upset stomach. …

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  8. Cleanroom Maintenance: One Step at a Time

    Cleanroom Maintenance: One Step at a Time

    Cleanrooms are used to perform clean processes, so it’s counterintuitive to think of maintenance and repair activities inside a controlled environment. Yet, they are very necessary and performed quite often. Protocol for crews working inside a cleanroom is different than the typical office space: …

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  9. BioSafe® Cleanroom Ladders are Steel Workhorses

    BioSafe® Cleanroom Ladders are Steel Workhorses

    Seems like a cleanroom is no place for a ladder: a dirty, dusty, paint-smeared structure used by the contractor who does the termite repair on your house. But in fact, cleanrooms are perfectly-suited to ladders, if they are Terra’s BioSafe brand. Cleanroom and lab ladders are used to access …

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  10. Meet Your Cleanliness Goals with Air Showers

    Meet Your Cleanliness Goals with Air Showers

    Cleanroom entrances present a significant potential for contaminant infiltration, so they must be managed with this in mind. Air showers are one way to minimize piggy-backing contaminants. They are enclosed chambers that use strong bursts of air to dislodge particulates from people or transport …

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