Domestic Air Shipments:
When shipping ThinPrep
®
CytoLyt
™
Solution via air, follow the Domestic Air Shipments
recommendations for Shipping ThinPrep
®
PreservCyt
™
Solution Only that can be found in Section B
of this document.
International Ground and Air shipments:
When shipping ThinPrep
®
CytoLyt
™
Solution via ground or air, follow the International Ground or Air
Shipments recommendations for Shipping ThinPrep
®
PreservCyt
™
Solution Only guidelines that can
be found in Section B of this document.
E. Shipping ThinPrep
®
CytoLyt
™
Solution With Patient Sample (such as from a physician to a
laboratory)
Domestic Shipments:
ThinPrep
®
CytoLyt
™
Solution containing a patient sample is classified as a Biological Substance,
Category B. Follow the recommendations in Section A of this document.
International Shipments:
ThinPrep
®
CytoLyt
™
Solution containing a patient sample is classified as a Biological Substance,
Category B. Follow the recommendations in Section A of this document.
Class 3 “Flammable liquid” primary hazard label.
Class 6.1 “Toxic” secondary hazard label.
References:
49 CFR 100 to 185, Transportation
International Air Transport Association’s (IATA’s) Dangerous Good Regulations, 49
th
Edition, 2008, International Air Transportation Association (IATA)
International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) Technical Instructions for the Safe
Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air),
Foot Notes:
1. www.IATA.org/whatwedo/cargo/dangerous_goods/faq.htm
2. IATA Packing Instruction 650, http://www.iata.org/NR/rdonlyres/C993126E-9AAF-4498-B76E-
583B3D774F90/0/DGR_48_PI650.pdf
3. Pointers on Shipping: Clinical Samples, Diagnostic Specimens, and Environmental Test Samples,
Document 3489FE, FedEx
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