Shipping Biological Substances - Category B -Exempt Human and Animal Specimens.

Biological Substances, Category B, are diagnostic or clinical specimens from humans or animals that are known to harbor a pathogen or have a high probability of containing a pathogen. Exempt Human or Animal  Specimens are biological substances not known to harbor a pathogen or that have lower probability of containing a pathogen. 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 biological substances.  This training also fulfills the requirements for shipping dry ice and the General Awareness training. Retraining is required every three (3) years.

To fulfill your training requirement for Category B, review the training and successfully complete the online quiz.  Training for Biological Substances - Category B is located at: http://www.yale.edu/ehs/onlinetraining/categoryb/categoryb.htm. Process all reserach material shipments through Yales' Express Shipping Tool, eShipGlobal. Note: Retraining is required 3 year intervals.

Warning: This training will not allow you to ship biological substances containing or having a high probability of containing a Risk Group 4/BSL-4 agent or a Select Agent.  Infectious Substance, Category A training is required to ship these materials.