How to Ship Infectious Substances by Ground and Air - Webcast

In this interactive course, you will meet your DOT and IATA training requirements and learn how to: Classify infectious substances into Category A or B for biological products, cultures, patient specimens, and medical waste; Determine the corresponding packaging systems and prepare your packages for shipment; Prepare dry ice in packages and overpacks and liquid nitrogen in Dewar flasks as refrigerants; Properly mark and label packages and overpacks of infectious substances and their coolants; Document your infectious substance shipments that require shipping papers; Provide emergency response information required by DOT; Identify scenarios when shipping papers and emergency response information are not required; Take advantage of exceptions, including those for patient specimens and used health care products; Recognize security threats and determine if a DOT security plan and in-depth security training are required for your infectious substance shipments.

The course handbook, Guide to Shipping Infectious Substances, is included as a downloadable document.