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The Safety Advisory Notice shares new advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding diagnostic samples and clinical waste containing Monkeypox virus (MPXV) in Clade I or II. The advice clarifies that samples and clinical waste should be designated as Category B...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) clinical samples are a "Category B" material for transportation, defined as an infectious substance that is not in a form generally capable of causing permanent disability or life-threatening or fatal disease in otherwise healthy humans or animals when exposure to it...
Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance (August 2019): Summary of Key Points and Significant Changes
This brochure describes the revised USDOT regulations for the classification criteria and packaging requirements for the transportation of infectious substances, adopted into 49 CFR, Parts 171-180, revised June 10, 2022.
Guidance: Packaging and Handling Ebola Virus Contaminated Infectious Waste for Transportation to Disposal Sites
This Safety Advisory provides guidance on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 C.F.R., Parts 171-180) to persons who...
A special permit from the U.S. DOT can authorize alternative transportation methods, subject to operational controls, when a person is unable to comply with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180) as...