LABORATORY OF PATHOLOGY ONLINE POLICY MANUAL

TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING

Anyone who packs or ships diagnostic (clinical) specimens must be certified by an IATA approved training program. Certified training is required every 2 years and documentation of training should be forwarded to the Clinical Laboratory Manager and should be kept as part of the employee’s training record. This training should include training appropriate for the diagnostic specimens shipped by the laboratory.

At least one person should be trained for handling dangerous goods by an IATA approved training program with recertification every 2 years. This person should be available to assist LP employees with shipping documents, packing, marking and labels in the unlikely event that we must send dangerous goods (e.g., toxic or infectious substances, toxic materials, dry ice, hazardous material, explosives, gases, flammable materials, oxidizing substances, radioactive material, or corrosives). Please contact the Clinical Laboratory Manager or ORS if someone in your area needs to ship dangerous goods or if someone requires additional training.

additional training.