What is Packaging and Shipping Certification and Why is it Important?

Presenters:

• Pete Shult, Ph.D., CDD Director and Emergency Laboratory Response, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI
• Erin Bowles, B.S., MT(ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Network Coordinator, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI

Description of Session:

The regulations governing the packaging and shipping of hazardous materials are complex. Laboratory professionals who package infectious substances for transport to another facility need to understand exactly what is required to be certified in packaging and shipping and why it is important. As laboratory biosafety practices are scrutinized by government officials and the press, it is imperative that laboratories are compliant with all of the packaging and shipping regulations. Join us as we discuss these important issues and work together to improve the culture of biosafety in Wisconsin laboratories.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 1.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit.

This program is co-sponsored by ASCLS-WI which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program.

As part of the new P.A.C.E. continuing education process, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your P.A.C.E. certificates. You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate. We will provide you this number during the teleconference.

Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this teleconference is December 16, 2016.

Materials:

• Evaluation Form
• What is Packaging and Shipping Certification and Why is it Important?
• What is Packaging and Shipping Certification and Why is it Important? – Handouts
• WCLN Webinar: What is Packaging and Shipping Certification and Why is it Important? – 2015