Report Of Steritest Isolator ARIS

By Robert Guardino and Kevin Jones

The pursuit of a good sterility test isolator is an adventure that involves deciding the rationale for its use, selecting the equipment, justifying the capital expense, and installing and validating the unit.

We embarked on a mission to study isolators for sterility testing, though many of the issues also apply to aseptic processing. We navigated a variety of roadblocks to realize the efficiency these isolators provide.