QUESTIONS TRUE/FALSE

1. The standard for all primary receptacles is “leak-proof”. a. True b. False 2. A Category A secondary container should be watertight. a. True b. False 3. Most outer containers are fibreboard boxes. a. True b. False 4. A shipper’s declaration is not required for shipping a Biological substance, Category B. a. True b. False 5. When shipping a Biological substance, Category B on dry ice, you will need to complete a shipper’s declaration. a. True b. False 6. If you run out of secondary containers in a 6.2 kit and have one from another manufacturer, it is ok to substitute secondary as long as it is properly marked. a. True b. False 7. The U.S. Postal Service, the Department of Transportation, the International Air Transport Association, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention all have regulations pertaining to packaging and shipping laboratory specimens in the United States a. True b. False 8. Select Agents are shipped with documentation that is additional to the Shipper’s Declaration. a. True b. False 9. Biological substance, Category B shipped by FedEx would be labeled with the UN number 3373 on the outer package. a. True b. False 10. Category A, infectious substances must be shipped in 650 packaging. a. True b. False 11. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen training may meet the safety requirements for training for those shipping Biological substance, Category B. a. True b. False 12. Training records must show who performed the training, when it was performed, contents of the course and documentation of mastery. a. True b. False 13. When more than one hazard class 6.2 package is shipped in a single outer box the outer box must bear the marking ‘overpack’. a. True b. False 14. Staff must be re-trained, to meet the IATA requirements for packaging and shipping class 6.2 , every 3 years. a. True b. False 15. You must keep training records for an individual employee for 1 year. a. True b. False 16. When shipping by air, the primary receptacle used for liquid Category B, Infectious Substances must be capable of withstanding, without leakage, an internal pressure differential of not less than 95 kPa. a. True b. False 17. Absorbent material must be sufficient to absorb the entire contents of at least one primary receptacle in an infectious substance package. a. True b. False 18. Package standards require that the primary and secondary container packaged under standard 602 and 650 must be watertight. a. True b. False 19. Packing instruction 602 and 650 require triple packaging. a. True b. False 20. Category A, infectious substance packaging does NOT require that the outer container bear the UN specification mark. a. True b. False 21. Category A, infectious substance package does require an itemized list of contents between the secondary and outer container. a. True b. False 22. Biological substance, Category B packaging does require an itemized list of contents between the primary and secondary container. a. True b. False 23. The responsibility for the correct marking and labeling of packages presented for shipment falls to the shipper. a. True b. False 24. Category A, infectious substances shipments require only one label – the “infectious substance” Class 6 label of the country of origin. a. True b. False 25. The Class 9 dry ice label is not required on the outer package when shipping a Biological substance, Category B on dry ice. a. True b. False 26. If the amounts of Category A, infectious substances shipped are under 50g or 50ml, the shipment does not need to be declared dangerous goods. a. True b. False 27. Biological substance, Category B is defined as a non-pathogenic substance. a. True b. False 28. Blood collected for the purpose of blood transfusion (as long as the person collecting has no reason to believe it contains an infectious substance) is not subject to the conditions of Division 6.2 packaging and shipping. a. True b. False 29. The emergency telephone number can ring to an answering machine or voicemail as long as it is checked periodically. a. True b. False 30. The CDC phone number appearing on the hazard label can be substituted for the 24/7 emergency response number. a. True b. False 31. The carrier is solely responsible for the package and contents after receiving it for delivery. a. True b. False 32. The shipper is responsible for the package until delivery to intended recipient. a. True b. False 33. The shipper’s declaration (dangerous goods form) must be typed for all carriers. a. True b. False 34. The carrier must NOT put any other restrictions on shipping and packaging that are not found in the DOT or IATA regulations. a. True b. False 35. IATA regulates ground transportation of shipping and packaging of hazardous materials. a. True b. False 36. DOT still utilizes the WHO category structure of Risk groups for packing and shipping hazardous agents. a. True b. False 37. IATA dangerous goods regulations classify “infectious substances, affecting humans” as Class 6.2. a. True b. False 38. IATA packing instructions that need to be followed are 650 for a Category A infectious substance. a. True b. False 39. The “Nature and Quantity of Goods” box on the air waybill must show the text “Category B, Infectious Substance” and “UN 3373” when packaged and shipped by air. a. True b. False 40. The shipper’s declaration for Dangerous Goods must have the following statement: I declare that all of the applicable air transport requirements have been met. a. True b. False 41. The authority to certify an individual is done by DOT or IATA personnel. a. True b. False