1. An automated process for monitoring and controlling contamination activity in a production area, comprising: (A) capturing image data from the production area over a period of time; (B) processing the image data with a computer to determine whether a contamination event has occurred in the production area; and (C) activating a contamination control device in accordance with the processing of the image data, wherein the image data is processed using a stabilization algorithm to determine whether the image data satisfies a threshold image value for a threshold time period, with the threshold image value being a pre-determined minimum image value correlating with an absence of the contamination event or a pre-determined minimum image value correlating with a presence of the contamination event, and the threshold time period being a pre-determined minimum time period that the threshold image value is satisfied.