IATA: Toxic & Infectious Substances

Acceptance: Whenever infectious substances are accepted for transport, the quickest mode must be used, and precautions must be taken to ensure special care, expeditious handling, and monitoring of the substance while in transit.

Loading: Class 6 dangerous goods and any dangerous goods with a subsidiary toxic risk must not be stowed in the same compartment with animals, foodstuffs, feed, or other edible substances, unless both the dangerous goods and foodstuffs are loaded in separate, closed unit load devices.

Inspection: If you are responsible for the handling and carriage of packages containing infectious substances, you must inspect the packages for damage or leakage. If damage or leakage is discovered, you must do the following:

• Avoid handling the package or keep package handling to a minimum.
• Inspect adjacent packages for contamination; put aside any packages that may have been contaminated.
• Inform the public health authority or veterinary authority; provide information on any other countries of transit where people may have been exposed.
• Notify the shipper or consignee.

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