BPE yana tsaye ne don kayan aikin bioprocessing wanda Ƙungiyar Injin Injiniya ta Amurka (ASME) ta haɓaka. BPE yana kafa ƙa'idodi don ƙirar kayan aikin da aka yi amfani da su a cikin sarrafa ƙwayoyin cuta, magunguna da samfuran kulawa na mutum, da sauran masana'antu tare da ƙaƙƙarfan buƙatun tsabta. Ya ƙunshi ƙirar tsarin, kayan aiki, ƙira, dubawa, tsaftacewa da tsaftacewa, gwaji, da takaddun shaida.