Appendix B Shipping of Biohazardous Materials

Biohazardous materials are considered a hazardous material by both the US Department of
Transportation and by the International Air Transport Association (IATA, which oversees air transport of
hazardous materials). Like all hazardous material, special training is required to safely and legally ship
biohazardous materials. Please see the Arkansas State University Hazardous Materials Shipping plan to
determine the type of training needed to ship biohazardous materials.
Biohazardous materials require special shipping containers. There are several vendors that sell the
appropriate containers; consult with EHS before shipping biohazardous materials to make sure that the
shipping containers that will be use meet the regulatory requirements.