What are the requirements for packaging, transport and shipping of infectious materials and diagnostic specimens?
The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard requires universal precautions – all blood and OPIM are to be handled as infectious. However, for shipping purposes, a diagnostic specimen is labeled and packaged as an infectious substance when there is a belief that it poses more than just a potential hazard – for example, if it is known or strongly suspected to carry an infectious agent. The shipper must make this call in consistent fashion, based on what is known and the following definitions. A Diagnostic specimen (PI 650) is defined as: Any human or animal material including, but not limited to, excreta, secreta, blood and its components, tissue and tissue fluids being transported for diagnostic or investigational purposes, but excluding live infected animals. Diagnostic specimens must be assigned to UN 3373. Infectious substances (PI 602) are substances known or reasonably expected to contain pathogens with the potential to cause disease upon exposure. If you have a diagnostic specimen wher
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