Shipping Infectious Substances - Category A Definition: Infectious Substances are defined as cultures or stocks of Human or Animal Pathogens.

This is a mandatory course designed to fulfill performance-specific training requirements for employees who do any of the following: package, label, ship, prepare shipping documents, offer packages of hazardous materials to carriers for shipment, transport and/or receive infectious substances.  This training will also fulfill the requirement for shipping materials classified as Biological Substance, Category B, Exempt Human and Animal Specimens, Dry Ice and the General Awareness training.  Retraining is required every three (3) years.

To fulfill your training requirement, review the training and successfully complete the online quiz.  The training is located at: http://www.yale.edu/ehs/onlinetraining/categorya/categorya.htm.

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