Shipping of Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens

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Determining if a Sample is Category A or Category B• Risk-based classification• Risk from a shipping perspective, not a laboratory biosafety perspective• Damage to Package• Pathogens Released• Exposure Incident• Entry to Host• Infectious Dose• Host Susceptibility• Infection• Tables of Indicative Samples of Category A; Tables not exhaustive• New or emerging pathogens meeting same criteria shall be classified asCategory A• Cultures may be Category A or B depending on microorganisms12
Category A Infectious Substances• An infectious substance which is transported in a form that, whenexposure to it occurs, is capable of causing permanent disability, lifethreateningor fatal disease in otherwise healthy humans or animals• Examples of Category A infectious substances are given in a list• List is not exhaustive13
Page 3: Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Page 9 and 10: Nine Classes of Dangerous Goods•
Page 11: Classifying and Identifying Samples
Page 15 and 16: Exemptions - Examples• Blood or b
Page 17 and 18: Overview of Packaging• Triple pac
Page 19 and 20: Packaging, Labeling, Marking for Ca
Page 21 and 22: Packaging, Labeling, Marking for Ca
Page 23 and 24: Shipping Infectious Substances with
Page 25 and 26: Facility Responsibilities in Shippi
Page 27 and 28: 27Risk Perception in Transportation

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