The production and handling of highly potent sterile APIs within a multi-purpose designed plant are becoming more and more prevalent within the pharmaceutical industry.

All of Dec’s containment technologies and systems comply with pharmaceutical quality manufacturing standards and are available for aseptic operations. These can be easily integrated into existing production lines. Dec has designed various sterile isolator solutions with specific control over potential contamination sources. Operator intervention, which is the most frequent contamination cause, is eliminated.

To ensure the Sterility Assurance Level, the isolator is biologically decontaminated with VHP (Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide), and the process equipment is sterilized with steam.

Depending on process requirements, Dec can provide both turbulent and laminar air flow isolator systems. Turbulent airflow comes in where the positive differential pressure and clean, i.e. aseptic condition and/or safe environment are maintained by using a forced ventilation system, mostly applied when handling powder with a risk of dust creation.

​Unidirectional airflow systems ensure that particles are rapidly swept away from critical areas. It is therefore appropriate to use unidirectional flow in processes where mechanical equipment or material handling within the isolator produces particles that could contaminate the process, e.g. liquid filling.