Infectious Substances - Full Course (IATA)
Online Course Information

Tuition: $195 per seat  (multiple seat discounts available)

Prerequisite: None

Materials: No materials are required, but it would be beneficial to have a copy
of the current IATA Regulations. If you need a current copy,
we suggest purchasing one from DG Supply at 800-347-7879.

Prerequisite: None
 

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Materials: None

Training valid for: 24 months

Time Required: Initial and Recurrent Training

  • 3 to 5 hours for initial training or recurrent training or for someone who has not regularly used the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.

  • 1 to 2 hours for those who regularly use the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.

Who should take this course? Any person involved in the packing or preparation of "Category A" Infectious Substances, UN2814 or UN2900.

This course covers:

  • IATA Air Shipment of UN2814 and UN2900 Infectious Substance, Category A
  • IATA Air Shipment of UN3373 Biological Substance, Category B
  • Exempt Human and Animal Specimens
  • Dry Ice (any quantity)
  • Liquid Nitrogen
  • Certain other Dangerous Goods up to 30 mL per inner packaging as authorized by Packing Instruction 650
  • DOT Safety Training (Optional)
  • DOT Security Training (Optional)

Note: the DOT Safety and Security Courses are optional modules (no extra cost) that will be required for shipping Category A Infectious Substances, unless your company has already provided this training.

Scope of this course: You must take this course if you are shipping specimens that meet the criteria of "Category A" (listed below). This course is also for those shipping Biological Substances Category B with Dry Ice or Nitrogen.

Category A – Any of the items immediately below in any form, whether cultured or not are Category A even if it is a patient specimen (diagnostic specimen).

  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

  • Ebola virus

  • Flexal virus

  • Guanarito virus

  • Hantaan virus

  • Hantavirus causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

  • Hendra virus

  • Junin virus

  • Machupo virus

  • Marburg virus

  • Monkeypox virus

  • Nipah virus

  • Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus

  • Sabia virus

  • Variola virus

The following Category A list is for cultures only[1]… these refer to laboratory stock cultures or similar items.

  • African swine fever virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Avian paramyxovirus Type 1 – Velogenic Newcastle disease virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Bacillus anthracis (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Brucella abortus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Brucella melitensis (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Brucella suis (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Burkholderia mallei – Pseudomonas mallei – Glanders (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei – Pseudomonas pseudomallei (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Chlamydia psittaci – avian strains (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Classical swine fever virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Clostridium botulinum (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Coccidioides immitis (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Coxiella burnetii (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Dengue virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Eastern equine encephalitis virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Escherichia coli, verotoxigenic (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Foot and mouth disease virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Francisella tularensis (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Goatpox virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Hepatitis B virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Herpes B virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Human immunodeficiency virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Japanese Encephalitis virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Kyasanur Forest disease virus Lassa virus

  • Lumpy skin disease virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Mycoplasma mycoides – Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Peste des petits ruminants virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Poliovirus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Rabies virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Rickettsia prowazekii (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Rickettsia rickettsii (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Rift Valley fever virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Rinderpest virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Sheep-pox virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Swine vesicular disease virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Tick-borne encephalitis virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Vesicular stomatitis virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • West Nile virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Yellow fever virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Yersinia pestis (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

  • Vesicular stomatitis virus (cultures only - does not include patient specimens)

[1] It’s important to note that diagnostic cultures of patient specimens can still be shipped as category B if the listing has the qualifier: cultures only.

Are any additional training courses required?

  • Hazmat Security Awareness Training (SAT)- In the United States this additional training is required. DGI offers free SAT on our website www.dgitraining.com.

  • Function Specific Training - Ultimately (in the United States) your employer has final responsibility for determining if a hazmat employee is properly trained for their particular job function.  Since there is a potential for limitless types of job functions as determined by an individual employer, we as your training provider can only suggest what types of additional training might be required.

    If you are shipping any of the following items, additional training may be required:

    • Hazardous Materials other than Dry Ice, Liquid Nitrogen or Infectious Substances.

    • Regulated medical wastes.
       

For the best Online Training experience:

  • Work independently without an instructor present.

  • Familiar with the use of a computer and common software.

  • Knowledge or understanding of the applicable regulations.

  • Fluent in the English language.

  • It is recommended you use Internet Explorer.

  • High-speed connection is recommended, but not required.

  • You can log in and out of the training program at any time.

  • Log out if you must leave your desk.

  • Ensure sound is turned on and the volume is up as these courses have audio files.

  • Read instructions in the introduction to the program to learn how to navigate through the program.

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