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Glove boxes designed to provide a confined atmosphere in which procedures maybe performed in isolation from the general room environment, protecting materials and/or processes and the operator and the environment from each other. These glove boxes consist of an air-tight enclosure that includes doors, a window, and gloves attached to ports in the box walls. Basic glove boxes usually do not include transfer chambers, inert gas circulation, pressure control, or additional sophisticated internal environment controls, although some boxes permit the attachment of one or more such accessories. Basic glove boxes are used in clinical laboratories and healthcare facilities to process substances, devices, and/or objects that are contaminated or potentially contaminated but that do not require conditions of complete isolation and/or containment (e.g., internal high or low pressure). Dedicated basic glove boxes with characteristics (e.g., big doors, flexible diaphragms) appropriate to manage mail and packages are also available.
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