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Packing and shipping clinical/environmental specimen guidelines
General packing and shipping requirements for biological specimens.
Detailed information
(MS Word, 505 kb) is also provided [complete this document].
Example of triple packaging of infectious substances
(large graphic)
Packing and labeling table
Packing and shipping checklist
(MS Word, 45.5 kb)
A checklist that may be used in the packing and shipping of diagnostic specimens. Based on the requirements in IATA Packing Instruction 650 (PI 650).
Shipper container suppliers and vendors list
A partial list of shipping container suppliers and associated vendors.
A
printable
version (MS Word, 68 kb) is also available