A SCIENTIFIC SAFETY ALLIANCE COMPANY

Biosafety cabinet certification

Regulatory Guidance / Test Methods:

We offer testing, certification, and maintenance of biological safety cabinets. We certify BSCs to meet NSF-49, OSHA, NIH/CDC, and manufacturer’s standards. Our reports are supplied electronically same day.

BSC tests should be conducted whenever units are installed, moved, or following any significant maintenance. NSF 49 recommends that certifications be done annually, with more frequent certifications (semi-annual) performed for BSCs in cGMP environments. Biosafety cabinet testing and certification is critical to ensuring product and patient safety.

Primary Services

Ensures proper inflow is maintained for operator protection and environmental protection.
Documents the air in the work area is unidirectional and functioning as designed, preventing cross contamination, and providing product protection from the environment.
Documents leakage or defects and ensures HEPA filters provide required filtration to prevent both product and environmental contamination.
Qualitatively verifies airflow directions using a small source of visible fog.
Confirms alarm performance and assesses installation of units for NSF and OSHA compliance.

Additional Services

Performed in accordance with ISO 14644-1 or EC Annex 1, and provides a quantitative evaluation of air quality in terms of particulate in the work area.
Verifies hood operation/usage will not contribute to worker fatigue/stress and may be performed in association with troubleshooting.
Ensures product is not subject to damage due to vibration and may be performed in association with troubleshooting.
Ensures fluorescent lighting levels are sufficient to prevent operator fatigue.
Decontamination ensures the unit is non-infectious and compliant with regulatory standards.

Thinking About Switching Your Cleanroom Provider?

If you’re frustrated with poor communication, slow reporting, scheduling delays, or untrained technicians, you’re not alone. These issues can disrupt your operations, cause unnecessary stress, and risk compliance. At CSI Testing, we’ve built our services to eliminate these frustrations and provide industry-leading support.

Here’s how we’re different:

Exceptional Communication

We put communication first. Our team proactively works with you to schedule recertifications and ensure you never fall behind on compliance. We’re always available to provide clear, timely updates, so you’re never left guessing.

Fast, Accurate Reporting

Get the information you need when you need it. We provide hood reports the same day and deliver viable results within 14 days—an industry-leading standard.

Reliable Scheduling

We respect your time and keep your projects on track. If something urgent comes up, our local technicians are ready to be on-site ASAP, minimizing downtime and ensuring your operations stay on schedule.

Highly Trained Technicians

Our technicians undergo routine training sessions at our fully equipped, in-house training center. Certified and accredited by NEBB, CETA, and NSF, they bring unmatched professionalism and expertise to every cleanroom.

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Why Choose CSI Testing

CSI has tested and certified controlled environments for over 45 years. When we started CSI testing we serviced Minneapolis and the surrounding areas. Today we service the entire Midwest and the New England area. Our team has over 100 collective years of experience in the industry, serving over 600 medical device, pharmaceutical, academic, and other clients.

We test, certify, and service all controlled environments, including cleanrooms, biosafety cabinets, fume hoods, and isolators. We provide biosafety cabinets, cleanbenches and fume hood reports the same-day, and turnaround electronic cleanroom reports in two weeks. For any emergency, we can get a technician to your site quickly.

We are proudly 100% founder and employee owned. CSI is a certified minority business enterprise.

Experience

45 years of company history

Quality

Highly trained technicians (average 10-year tenure)

Report Turnaround

2 weeks for cleanrooms, same-day for hoods, BSCs, etc.

Urgency

We take emergency calls seriously. We can get technicians on-site quickly

People

Founder and employee-owned. Certified minority business enterprise

Our Locations

We are a regional service provider

We primarily service the below states:

We also service these additional states through our sister companies at the Scientific Safety Alliance:

Virginia

West Virginia

North Carolina

Washington DC

Maryland

South Carolina

Kentucky

Tennessee

Wyoming

Montana

As a regional service provider, CSI Testing provides scientific safety services across the United States. We offer regional coverage through our network of partner companies to better serve your facilities.