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The invention generally relates to an automated workstation or apparatus for disinfecting an object in a controlled environment, and a method for disinfecting an object in a controlled environment, such as a specific pathogen free environment. Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) is a general term used to indicate that certain pathogens (disease causing microbes) have been excluded from applicable source.The workstation can reduce labor costs and reduce disease outbreaks in SPF animal facilities, SPF laboratory environments, or food processing facilities.
Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) is a general term used to indicate that certain pathogens (disease causing microbes) have been excluded from a facility. SPF facilities are designed to maintain an environment that is free of certain infectious organisms that are pathogenic.
