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Shipping and Transport of Biological Materials and Dangerous Goods Course & Certification
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Shipping and Transport of Biological Materials and Dangerous Goods training provides the knowledge and practical skills required to safely classify, package, mark, label, document, and transport biological materials and dangerous goods in compliance with international transport regulations. This course covers infectious substances, biological specimens, Category A and Category B materials, exempt human and animal specimens, genetically modified organisms, dry ice, liquid nitrogen dry shippers, lithium batteries, and dangerous goods transported by air and road. Learners will gain an understanding of ICAO Technical Instructions, IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR), ADR requirements, packing instructions P620 and P650, dangerous goods documentation, quantity limits, marking and labelling requirements, training obligations, incident reporting, and regulatory compliance. Upon successful completion, learners receive a certification demonstrating their understanding of biological material transport, dangerous goods requirements, packaging standards, and safe shipment practices within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, laboratory, and clinical research environments.
Who Should Enrol?
- Laboratory and Biobank Personnel
- Clinical Research and Clinical Trial Professionals
- Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Vaccine Industry Personnel
- Dangerous Goods, Logistics, and Supply Chain Professionals
- Quality Assurance, Compliance, and Regulatory Affairs Professionals
- Healthcare and Diagnostic Laboratory Personnel
- Students and Professionals seeking expertise in Dangerous Goods and Biological Material Transport
What you will learn
Understand the principles of classifying, packaging, marking, labelling, documenting, and transporting biological materials and dangerous goods in compliance with international transport regulations.
Learn how to identify and correctly prepare infectious substances, biological specimens, genetically modified organisms, dry ice shipments, liquid nitrogen dry shippers, lithium batteries, and other regulated materials for safe transport by air and road.
Develop knowledge of Category A and Category B classifications, exempt human and animal specimens, ICAO Technical Instructions, IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR), ADR requirements, Packing Instructions P620 and P650, quantity limits, and dangerous goods documentation.
Gain an understanding of how transport risks are assessed and controlled, and apply best practices for compliant, safe, and efficient shipment of biological materials and dangerous goods within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, laboratory, and clinical research environments.
Course Syllabus
- Why dangerous goods compliance sits with the laboratory
- Course scope, structure and assessment
- The instruments, their editions and the standing cautions
- The fictional Northgate Bioscience Group case study
- 1.1 Why dangerous goods law exists
- 1.2 The UN Model Regulations and the modal instruments
- 1.3 Which edition is in force
- 1.4 Dangerous goods law in the United Kingdom
- 1.5 Duty holders: who is legally responsible for what
- 1.6 What a laboratory actually ships
- 2.1 Class 6.2 and the classification decision
- 2.2 Category A: UN 2814, UN 2900 and UN 3549
- 2.3 The indicative list and the 'cultures only' qualifier
- 2.4 Category B: UN 3373
- 2.5 Exemptions and exempt specimens
- 2.6 Genetically modified organisms and UN 3245
- 2.7 Governing the classification decision
- 3.1 The triple-packaging principle
- 3.2 Packing Instruction 650 in detail
- 3.3 The 95 kPa requirement and how to evidence it
- 3.4 Absorbent material, dimensions and the drop test
- 3.5 Packing Instruction 620 for Category A
- 3.6 Quantity limits by mode
- 3.7 Selecting and qualifying packaging
- 4.1 Marks and labels are not the same thing
- 4.2 The UN 3373 mark
- 4.3 Marking and labelling Category A
- 4.4 The Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods
- 4.5 Air waybill entries and contents lists
- 4.6 Overpacks and consolidations
- 4.7 Road documentation and Special Provision 319
- 4.8 Records and retention
- 5.1 Dry ice as a dangerous good
- 5.2 Marking and documenting dry ice
- 5.3 Dry ice by road under ADR 5.5.3
- 5.4 Refrigerated liquefied gases and dry shippers
- 5.5 Special Provision A152 and how it fails
- 5.6 Data loggers and lithium batteries
- 5.7 Where cold chain and dangerous goods collide
- 6.1 The hidden inventory
- 6.2 Flammable liquids
- 6.3 Chemical and first-aid kits: UN 3316
- 6.4 Lithium and sodium-ion batteries
- 6.5 Excepted quantities
- 6.6 Limited quantities and small loads
- 6.7 Mixed consignments and segregation
- 7.1 Who must be trained
- 7.2 Competency-based training and assessment
- 7.3 Recurrent training, grace and records
- 7.4 Road: ADR 1.3 and 1.10
- 7.5 ADR driver training and when it is not needed
- 7.6 The Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser
- 7.7 DGSA duties and the annual report
- 7.8 Building a defensible competence file
- 8.1 Good Distribution Practice and the transport chapter
- 8.2 Clinical trial supplies and returning samples
- 8.3 Human tissue and the Human Tissue Authority
- 8.4 Animal pathogens, SAPO and import licences
- 8.5 CITES and access and benefit sharing
- 8.6 Common non-conformances
- 8.7 Carrier rejections: legitimate and trivial
- 8.8 Building the shipping compliance system
- The decision sequence from classification to consignment
- The eight points where laboratory shipments fail
- Building a defensible shipping compliance system
- Keeping pace with edition changes
- Course completion
- 📘 Bonus: Shipping and Transport of Biological Materials and Dangerous Goods eBook (Free with purchase)
Course Benefits
eBook
Access the course content in eBook format, which can be downloaded and read on your device.
CPD Points
Gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points, accredited by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. These can be used to count towards the distance learning element of any scheme that comes under the umbrella of The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges or any other scheme for which there is mutual recognition.
Certification
Receive a personal certificate to show your subject knowledge on course completion.
Affordable
You get excellent value through our cost-effective prices. We can also offer you group discounts on larger purchases.
Flexibility
The course saves you time through the convenience of online availability. This lets you complete the interactive course at your own comfort.
Keep Up to Date
You will stay up to date with changes to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, the ICAO Technical Instructions, ADR, RID and the IMDG Code, and with the Great Britain position under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations 2009 and the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002, including the Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser requirements that now reach consignor-only organisations.
Learn from Industry Experts
The content is written by practitioners in laboratory logistics and GxP quality, and is built directly on the primary instruments — the ICAO Technical Instructions, the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, ADR and the IMDG Code — together with HSE, Department for Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, MHRA, Human Tissue Authority and World Health Organization guidance. Every requirement taught names the instrument it comes from.
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