{"id":16747,"date":"2020-03-26T08:35:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T12:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=16747"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:20:49","slug":"shipping-of-biological-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/laboratory-safety-home\/laboratory-safety-programs-services\/biological\/resources\/shipping-of-biological-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipping of Biological Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to ship biological materials you are required to complete Biological Materials Shipping Training.\u00a0 This training is offered online thru <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.bioraft.com\/node\/2139296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SciSure (formerly SciShield)<\/a>.\u00a0 After successful completion of this course, BU\/BMC employees will obtain a certification to ship the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Category A Infectious Substances<\/li>\n<li>Category B Biological Substances<\/li>\n<li>GMO&#8217;s and GMMO&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Exempt Animal\/Patient Specimens<\/li>\n<li>Dry Ice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This training is required every two years in order to comply with all regulations.\u00a0 \u00a0If you have any questions regarding this training or shipping biological materials you can always contact <a href=\"mailto: oehs@bu.edu\">EHS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ehs\/files\/2020\/03\/Shipping-Biologicals-Templates-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shipping Biologicals Label Templates<\/a>: This handout includes images of all labelling and markings which are already at the required sizes, dimensions, and colors so the difficult part has been done for you!\u00a0 Use them as direct templates and secure them as needed to your package with clear packaging tape.\u00a0 You also download a <a href=\"\/ehs\/files\/2020\/04\/Shipping-Biologicals-Training-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF<\/a>\u00a0of the training as reference for future use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vendors for shipping supplies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airseacontainers.com\/\">Air Sea Containers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therapak.com\/\">Therapak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermosafe.com\/\">Thermosafe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/inmarkinc.com\/\">Inmark Worldwide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fishersci.com\/us\/en\/home.html\">Fisher Scientific<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to ship biological materials you are required to complete Biological Materials Shipping Training.\u00a0 This training is offered online thru SciSure (formerly SciShield).\u00a0 After successful completion of this course, BU\/BMC employees will obtain a certification to ship the following: Category A Infectious Substances Category B Biological Substances GMO&#8217;s and GMMO&#8217;s Exempt Animal\/Patient Specimens Dry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3090,"featured_media":0,"parent":612,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16747"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19981,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16747\/revisions\/19981"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}