SHIPPING BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES AND DRY ICE BY AIR & GROUND (CANADA) ONLINE COURSE OVERVIEW
Every day, infectious substances are transported from sites such as hospitals, medical clinics, and scientific research locations. To ensure the safety of the public, special rules apply to the transport of potentially infectious substances, as well as the cooling agents often used to preserve them. Knowing how to classify and prepare these substances correctly for transport can mean the difference between easy, effective shipments versus delays, lost data, or perished specimens.
This online Shipping Infectious Substances course is designed to teach you how to properly ship infectious substances. This course covers both ground and air requirements for shipping infectious substances.
SHIPPING BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES AND DRY ICE BY AIR & GROUND (CANADA) ONLINE COURSE TOPICS
- National (TDG) and international (ICAO/IATA) regulations
- Using the TDG regulations and the IATA Dangerous Goods regulations
- Variations filed by different countries and airlines
- Classification of biological substances and related materials
- Using the dangerous goods list
- Packaging requirements
- Marking and labelling
- Transport documents
- Placarding
- Loading and segregation
- Reporting requirements
- Special cases
