The following training requirements must be completed by all research personnel involved in any aspect of shipping or receiving research/clinical materials.
Please check your training via Yale’s Training Management System (TMS) and click on “My Training Information” to determine if you have completed all of the training requirements.
Cultures or stocks of human pathogens (Infectious Substance, Category A affecting humans)
- Shipping Infectious Substances-Category A (every three years)
- Shipping Biological Substances-Category B (every three years)
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Bloodborne Pathogen Training for Lab Personnel (annual)
- Biological Safety: Part I (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part II (one time)
Cultures or stocks of animal pathogens (Infectious Substance, Category A affecting animals)
- Shipping Infectious Substances-Category A (every three years)
- Shipping Biological Substances-Category B (every three years)
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part I (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part II (one time)
Human materials with a high probability of containing a human pathogen (Biological Substance, Category B human origin)
- Shipping Biological Substances-Category B (every three years)
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Bloodborne Pathogen Training for Lab Personnel (annual)
- Biological Safety: Part I (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part II (one time)
Animal materials with a high probability of containing an animal pathogen (Biological Substance, Category B animal origin):
- Shipping Biological Substances-Category B (every three years)
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part I (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part II (one time)
Human materials with a low probability or not known to contain a pathogen (Exempt Human Specimen)
- Shipping Biological Substances-Category B (every three years)
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Bloodborne Pathogen Training for Lab Personnel (annual)
- Biological Safety: Part I (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part II (one time)
Animal materials with a low probability or not known to contain a pathogen (Exempt Animal Specimen)
- Shipping Biological Substances-Category B (every three years)
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part I (one time)
- Biological Safety: Part II (one time)
Dry Ice (with none of the materials listed above)
- Shipping Dry Ice (every three years) OR
- Shipping Biological Substances-Category B (every three years)
Materials not regulated for transportation (e.g. proteins, antibodies, DNA) (Bio non-Regulated)
Note: Some of these materials may still be controlled when exported from or imported into the United States
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Shipping & Export Controls General Awareness (every three years)
Using a properly prepared dry shipper to ship non-regulated biological materials following the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Special Provision A152 (SP A152)
- Laboratory Chemical Safety (one time)
- Shipping Special Provision A152 (every three years)