Shipping Biological Materials

You must have already received shipping training to following these instructions.  This will assist you in preparing to ship a package.   Packages containing biological materials that are to be shipped by air require EHS assistance with packaging and shipping. If biological specimens are to be shipped on dry ice, and dry ice is the only hazard in the shipment, you will need to follow the instructions at Non-Hazardous Items Being Shipped on Dry Ice.

If you are receiving biological materials that are class 3 or higher, these must be received through EHS.

Flowchart: Process: If no: is the material known or reasonably expected to contain Risk Group 4 pathogens?

 

Flowchart: Process: Is it a Select Agent?

         

Flowchart: Process: If yes, contact EHS

Flowchart: Process: If  no: This is not regulated. Complete PP 101 Flowchart: Process: If no:  Does the material contain pathogens?

Flowchart: Process: If yes:  Does the material contain Risk Group 1 microorganisms?    

Flowchart: Process: If no: Are they CULTURES known or reasonably expected to contain Risk Group 2 or 3 pathogens? Flowchart: Process: If no: Are they Genetically Modified Organisms meeting the definition of infectious substance in IATA 3.6.2.1.1? Flowchart: Process: If no: Are you shipping tissues or organs for transplantation? Flowchart: Process: If no: Is it a diagnostic specimen for diagnostic or investigational purposes? Flowchart: Process: If yes: Is the diagnostic specimen easily capable of transmission from one individual, directly and for which effective treatment and preventative measures are not usually available? Flowchart: Process: If no: Is it blood that will be used for transfusions or the production of blood products? Flowchart: Process: If no: Is this diagnostic specimen a new or emerging pathogen? Text Box: If no:  Is the material a Biological Product under IATA 3.6.2.3 (b)? Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is not regulated. Complete PP 101 Flowchart: Process: If no: This is not regulated. Complete PP 101 Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is not regulated. Complete PP 101 Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is not regulated. Complete PP 101 and use best medical practices. Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is not regulated. Complete PP 101 and use best medical practices. Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is regulated.  Complete PP 102, PP 103 Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is regulated.  Complete PP 102, PP 103 Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is regulated.  Complete PP 102, PP 103 Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is regulated.  Complete PP 102, PP 103 Flowchart: Process: If no: Are they Genetically Modified Organisms not meeting the definition of infectious substance in IATA 3.6.2.1.1, yet still capable of altering animals, plants or microbiological substances in a way which is not normally the result of natural reproduction??

Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is regulated.  Complete PP 102, PP 103 Flowchart: Process: If yes: This is regulated.  Complete PP 102, PP 103