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Certification of Primary Engineering Controls (PEC)/Hoods Contractor shall provide testing and certification of all the Durham VA Health Care System pharmacy hoods either once a year (every 12 months +/- 30 days) or twice per year (every 6 months +/- 20 days) as described in the price/cost schedule. The term Hoods refers to all of the following: Biosafety cabinets, chemical fume hoods and HEPA units. The contractor shall also provide testing and certification of all primary engineering controls (PECs) and pharmacy compounding rooms/suites used for preparation of Compounded Sterile Preparations (CSPs). PECs include biological safety cabinets (BSCs), laminar airflow workstation (LAFW) hoods, compounding aseptic containment isolators (CACI), and compounding aseptic isolators (CAI). 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