Air Decontamination System for Sterilizer Decontamination Cycles
January 27, 2015 -
Steam sterilization of bio-hazardous loads in autoclaves, and storage and decontamination tanks of effluent decontamination systems, requires uncompromised safety and process integrity. The risks arise from the potential contamination of the surrounding environment in the sterilization or effluent decontamination process. Applications associated with these risks are categorized in one of four bio-safety levels, with three and four being the most critical in terms of process integrity. This presentation will discuss the applications, and features and benefits of this approach, as well as the many safety and redundancy considerations that have been the basis of design. The theory and efficacy against test micro-organisms of this new technology are also discussed.