International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group Specimen Shipping

• Announcement
  • For information on Discount Pricing for Saf-T-Pak Shipping Containers and Supplies, please contact Sue Sepelak at the Operations Center, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
    
• Dangerous Goods Certification Training - Word 97 or PDF*
• FedEx Pointers on Shipping Clinical Specimens - PDF*
• Packing Instruction 650 for UN3373 - PDF*
• Guidelines
  • New DOT Rules for Infectious Substances - 2007 - Word 97
  • Significant Changes and Amendments to the 48th Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods (DG) Regulations - 2007 - PDF*
  • Significant Changes and Amendments to the IATA Dangerous Goods (DG) Regulations - 2005, Dated 020805 - Word 97
  • Addendum II (March 2005) to 46th Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Shipping Regulations - PDF*
    This document includes the latest amendments and corrections to the 2005-2006 edition of the ICAO Technical Instructions
  • Changes and Amendments in the 46th Edition (2005) of the IATA Dangerous Goods Shipping Regulations - PDF*
  • 2003 IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations - Amendment, January 1, 2003 - PDF*
    • This Document explains the recent IATA amendment which allows specimens known or suspected of containing infectious pathogens to be transported as "diagnostic" specimens when they are transported for diagnostic or investigational purposes.
• ACTN Instructions for Overnight Shipments, Dated 07/21/06 - Word 97 
  • This checklist is to be used in conjunction with the Shipping Guidelines to ensure that all steps in the specimen shipping process are addressed.
• Forms
  • ACTG Specimen Request Form - DMC Password Required
    This form is to be used when specimens are to be mobilized from one location to another or to find a large group of specimens meeting specific criteria.
    
  • AIDS Clinical Trials Network (ACTN) Specimen Shipment Notices, Dated 06/04/07
    • Ambient Specimen Shipment Notice - Word 97
    • Frozen Specimen Shipment Notice - Word 97
       
    This shipping notification form should be used when shipping ACTN samples to other ACTN sites, pharmaceutical companies, or testing laboratories. Since IATA requires prior notification of shipments, this form can be used to cover that regulatory requirement. 
    
    
  • ACTN International Checklist, Dated 07/12/07 - Word 97
  • ACTG Shipment Received Form - Word 97 or PDF*
              This form is used by ACTG labs to evaluate specimen shipments.
    
  • ACTG Shipment Evaluation Form, dated -11/02/07 - Word 97 or PDF*
    This form is used by JHU and the Repository to evaluate specimen shipments.

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