BioGO 40 ISO BSL-3 Container Laboratory
BIOGO® BIOCONTAINMENT APPLICATIONS​
bioGO® 40' ISO BSL-3 Container Laboratory
Traditional laboratory design and construction projects can be costly and time-consuming, relying on multiple subcontractors and requiring intense coordination. Additionally, in many remote and resource-challenged areas or regions of the globe, the expertise to build safe and compliant biocontainment facilities is scarce. As a result, many regions lack suitable and sustainable laboratory capacity, creating a risk to local and global public health and security. A key challenge is to install labs that are feasible for any region and will remain viable for decades.
Applications
Emergency Disease Surveillance
Temporary Laboratory Space during facility down time
Laboratory Swing Space
Any application where microbiological containment laboratory space is required
Germfree’s ISO Container Laboratory Buildings fill this critical void in global public health by offering a new approach to rapidly bringing high-quality and cost-effective laboratory capacity to any region of the world. These offsite built, containment ready facilities meet the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for BSL-3 laboratories. By utilizing an ISO container platform, this fully equipped Biocontainment Laboratory can be easily deployed globally. These turnkey units are precommissioned and tested to ensure compliance upon delivery to site. Germfree facilitates all aspects of the project — delivered, installed and made operational in a truncated timeline.
Germfree’s WHO BSL-3 Laboratory Buildings are designed by a team of biocontainment experts to provide the optimal safety for the handling of biologically contaminated materials. This allows the facility to be effectively utilized for manipulating samples required to be handled in a containment laboratory environment.
Interior Materials
Walls and Ceiling - Seamless wall system Panels come in 40 foot lengths to minimize wall seams Corners permanently sealed with an epoxy compound specifically designed for this purpose The end result is a monolithic barrier that is durable and easily cleaned.
Flooring
Finished floor will be a high performance, homogenous, welded seam sheet polyurethane floor
Casework
Type 304 Stainless Steel work casework Purpose built, all welded construction with adjustable shelving
Constructed for Cleanability
Germfree’s mobile biocontainment laboratories are designed to be exceptionally durable. To achieve this, only the highest grade, cleanroom-compatible materials are used in the facility’s construction. The interior walls are constructed of an exclusive high performance composite that provides a seamless interior suitable for frequent wash-downs with sanitizing agents as well as gas bio decontamination. The floor is seamless vinyl, coved up the walls, and epoxy-sealed to the walls for ease-of-cleaning. All work surfaces are seamless stainless steel with casework designed for gas and vapor phase decontamination. Surfaces are coved for easy spill cleanup and sanitization. Edges are rounded and polished to avoid snagging Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Standards & Codes
Germfree’s bioGO Mobile Biocontainment Laboratories meet or exceed the requirements of the CDC NIH BMBL 5th edition for BSL-2 Laboratories. Via enhancements beyond BMBL requirements, the bioGO Mobile Biocontainment Laboratory units comply with the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual for BSL-3 laboratories.
