DO YOU SHIP
BIOLOGIC MATERIAL, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES,
DRY ICE OR CHEMICALS THAT ARE DANGEROUS GOODS/HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
?
Federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
division of the Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) and commercial
package delivery companies have increased scrutiny of packages offered
for shipment from university departments.
Anyone who offers packages for shipment from the university must be aware
of the requirements for proper labeling and marking and receive proper certification.
Even if you do not ship dangerous goods/hazardous materials, you can be held
accountable and fined for improperly prepared packages. If an error is made,
departments may be fined thousands of dollars by TSA.
This has recently been an issue for those who reuse dangerous goods/hazardous
materials shipping containers. If your package does not contain dangerous
goods/hazardous materials, the package must not have any labels or markings
that pertain to dangerous goods/hazardous materials such as those shown below.
University departments ship a variety of dangerous
goods/hazardous materials including infectious substances, dry ice,
biologicals, and sometimes chemicals. These
shipments fall under a variety of regulations depending upon the
material, the mode of transportation, the commercial carrier, and
the destination.
By regulation, all persons who ship or handle shipments of biologic material,
infectous substances, dry ice or chemicals that are
dangerous goods/hazardous materials must be certified for this activity.
The University of Maryland Baltimore, Department of Environmental Health
and Safety (EHS) offers a Biological Material Shipping Certification on the
third Tuesday of every other month from 10:00 to 12:00 Noon that will satisfy the
training requirement.
Please contact the Melissa A. Morland, MS, RBP, CBSP, Biosafety Officer at (410) 706-7845
for more information. |
