Now fully revised -
GL227
This guidance lists the suppliers/manufacturers of fume cupboards and fume cupboard filters intended for the schools market.
To support schools buying fume cupboards, we have an updated buying guide
GL123.
Please note that CLEAPSS no longer carries out routine fume cupboard testing / approval. Therefore, we have removed all references of fume cupboards which have or haven’t been tested / ‘passed’ by ourselves.
Any such claims cited in any sales or technical specifications should be ignored and referred to CLEAPSS via the Helpline. (N.B. It will take some time for companies to update their websites and sales literature, this updated guide was published in Feb 2022).
We have replaced our CLEAPSS fume cupboard testing scheme with a manufacturer based approval
process. This is where the manufacturer of the fume cupboard, asserts that their fume cupboard(s) meets the requirements as per the CLEAPSS guide G9.
This process will be totally external to CLEAPSS, although we do intend to carry out random spot checks to ensure this system isn’t being abused. The process is similar to other sectors where a self-approval has proved to be effective.
If you find a fume cupboard advertised as meeting the requirements in Guide G9 (sections 4 & 5 are the most relevant for this), and you feel that it does not meet parts of Guide G9 then please contact us via the Helpline.