- List
- Australia Group – Dual-Use Biological Equipment and Related Technology and Software – Version of 1 October 2025
- Corresponding EU entry
- 2B352
a) protective full or half suits, or hoods dependent upon a tethered external air supply and operating under positive pressure;
Technical note: This does not control suits designed to be worn with selfcontained breathing apparatus.
b) biocontainment chambers, isolators, or biological safety cabinets having all of the following characteristics, for normal operation:
i. fully enclosed workspace where the operator is separated from the work by a physical barrier;
ii. able to operate at negative pressure;
iii. means to safely manipulate items in the workspace;
iv. supply and exhaust air to and from the workspace is HEPA filtered.
Note 1 - this control includes class III biosafety cabinets, as described in the latest edition of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual or constructed in accordance with national standards, regulations or guidance.
Note 2 - this control includes any isolator meeting all of the above-mentioned characteristics, regardless of its intended use and its designation, except for medical isolators specially designed for barrier nursing or transportation of infected patients.
Technical note: This does not control suits designed to be worn with selfcontained breathing apparatus.
b) biocontainment chambers, isolators, or biological safety cabinets having all of the following characteristics, for normal operation:
i. fully enclosed workspace where the operator is separated from the work by a physical barrier;
ii. able to operate at negative pressure;
iii. means to safely manipulate items in the workspace;
iv. supply and exhaust air to and from the workspace is HEPA filtered.
Note 1 - this control includes class III biosafety cabinets, as described in the latest edition of the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual or constructed in accordance with national standards, regulations or guidance.
Note 2 - this control includes any isolator meeting all of the above-mentioned characteristics, regardless of its intended use and its designation, except for medical isolators specially designed for barrier nursing or transportation of infected patients.