Everything you need to know about shipping infectious substances safely:
Learn how to ship infectious substances by any mode of transport anywhere in the world. The Infectious Substances Shipping Guidelines are outlined in a convenient, easy-to-read manual with up-to-date information including all the changes to the ICAO Technical Instructions, coming into effect 1 January 2009.
This time saving handbook features easy-to-follow transportation guidelines for road, air and courier, sets out national and international regulations and provides training requirements, examples of actual documentation, and updated images detailing shipping scenarios have been updated to reflect the current reality. The how-to checklists cover every step of the shipping process including classification, identification, packaging, marking, labeling and handling.
The Infectious Substances Shipping Guidelines is an up-to-date, comprehensive and user-friendly manual, and the only recognized field reference guide for shipping infectious substances by air. Included in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) 2009 edition are
- Transportation guidelines - primarily for air transport, but also information on multi-modal shipments;
- International regulations;
- Guidance material to assist users with classification, including a classification flowchart;
- Documentation samples and packaging graphics;
- How-To Checklist: classification, identification, packaging, marking, labeling and handling shipments.