Shipping Biological Research Materials

If you are in any way involved in the shipping of biological materials, please do the following:

• Cultures or stocks of agents infectious to humans or animals
• Cultures or stocks of agents infectious to animals
• Recombinant DNA materials meeting the definition of an infectious substance
• Human or animal samples harboring an infectious agent assigned to Risk Group 4 or if the source has or may have serious disease which can be readily transmitted, and effective treatment is not readily available.

You must successfully complete the Infectious Substances, Category A training.

If you are shipping:

• Human or animal specimens (including those that may harbor an infectious agent, except as outlined above)
• Recombinant DNA materials that can infect cells, but may not cause disease

You must successfully complete the Biological Substance, Category B - Exempt Human Specimens and Animal Specimens training.