- Description:
The Office of Biological Safety (OBS) provides a training program for shipping infectious substances and other biological materials with an emphasis on laboratories and research groups. This concentrated infectious & biological hazardous materials shipping training is offered as a service only to University of Wisconsin System and Campus employees, staff, faculty and students
Among the topics covered are: Federal regulatory definitions of infectious substances, patient specimens and biological products; use of the Dangerous Goods Table to locate proper shipping instructions; requirements for shipping biologicals with dry ice; proper packaging; and correct completion of the shipping documentation.
This course is required for INITIAL training certification as a hazardous materials shipper of biological and infectious substances.
Once registered, this course will be continually available to you for any renewal or refresher training.
- Audience
Shippers of biological materials and dry ice
- Format:
- Online
- Prerequisite:
- None
- Renewal:
- None
- Register:
- https://canvas.wisc.edu/enroll/AJPKFR