Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) 6.2 Infectious Substances

1. Transportation ofDangerous Goods (TDG)6.2 Infectious Substances

2. Safety First! • Housekeeping: • Evacuation route/Muster point • Washrooms • Cell phones • Administration: • Sign in sheet • Evaluation

3. Course Participation • This session will be a hands-on learning experience with lots of interactive participation/discussion. • Please ask questions,voice comments andconcerns as we go.

4. Course Agenda • Introductions andExpectations • Legislation • Training Considerations • Transport Canada’s TDG Ground Regulations • Air Regulations: IATA • Written Exam and Course Evaluation

5. Introductions andExpectations • Your name • What types of materials are shipped • To where and by what means • Anything else you’d like to share with respect to your expectations of this course

6. Rights, Responsibilities & Accountability • Saskatchewan’sOccupational Health & Safety Regulations, 1996,set out the general requirements of the employer and workers.

7. TDG Act & Regulations • Published by Transport Canada • Federal laws that stipulate the roles of the worker and the employer with respect to shipping hazardous substances. • Layout instructions for safe andlegal transport by road, rail, and ship. • Both laws (OH&S and Transport Canada’s) hold the employer accountable for provision of training and a safe work environment; and the worker is accountable for following safe work practices and reporting unsafe conditions.

8. Shipping by Ground • Legislation • Enforcement • General Overview • The 9 TDG Classes • The Regulations Parts • The Regulations Schedules • Key Terms & Definitions • Roles & Responsibilities in the Transport Chain • The Importance of Training • Documentation • ERAP • Reporting • Enforcement • Summary

9. TDG Act andRegulations • Public Safety: • The TDG Act & Regulations are meant to ensure that hazards associated with the movement of dangerous goods are minimized by: • Use of standardized, tested containers • Clear communication of hazards • Documented tracking of hazardous shipments • Provision of effective emergency response plans

10. Enforcement • Federal inspectors enforce the law. They can: • inspectshipments andtraining documents • issuewarnings • write tickets • There are monetary penalties, creative sentencing options, and jail time for noncompliance. • Where violations occur, everyone in the shipping chain can be charged.

11. General Overview • Personnel must be ‘trained’ and ‘certified’ • Substances must be ‘classified’ • Containers must be ‘in standard’ • Containers must have ‘safety marks’ • Documentationmust be completed and accompany the shipment • Packagingmust follow instructions • Spills must be reported

12. The 9 TDG Classes • Explosives • Gases • Flammable Liquids • Flammable Substances • Oxidizers & Organic Peroxides • Toxic & Infectious Substances • Radioactive • Corrosives • Miscellaneous (includes Dry Ice)

13. Ground Regulations • The Regulations by Parts

14. Ground Regulations • The Regulations by Parts

15. Schedule 1

16. Schedule 3

17. Part 1 - Key Terms & Definitions • Classification • Shipping Name • UN Number • Primary Class • Infectious Substance • Category A • Category B • Exempt Specimens • Culture • Biological Product • Neutralized/Inactivated • Exposure • Means of Containment • Safety Marks

18. Classification • Classification for infectious substance includes all of: • UN number • shipping name • primary class • the infectious substance category

19. Classification - General

20. Classification – Patient Specimens

21. Shipping Name • The official name of a substance is found in Schedule 1, Column 2. This is the name that must appear on shipping documents. • Not necessarily the technical name, especially for biological materials.Example: • Shipping name: Infectious Substance, affecting humans • Technical name: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

22. Shipping Name and UN Numbers • For shipping biological materials, the main shipping names are: • Infectious substance affecting humans UN 2814, Category A • Infectious substance affecting animals UN 2900, Category A • Biological substance, Category B UN 3373 • Exempt Specimen • Clinical Waste, N.O.S.UN 3291 • (BIO) Medical Waste, N.O.S. UN 3291 • Regulated Medical Waste, N.O.S. UN 3291

23. Primary Class • The primary hazard class the substance is assigned to. • For infectious substances, the Class is 6.2. • For dry ice (a ‘Miscellaneous’ substance), the Class is 9. • Infectious Substance • A substance known or reasonably believed to contain viable micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsia, parasites, fungi, and other agents such as prions that are known or reasonably believed to cause disease in humans or animals.

24. Criteria • Category A • An infectious substance that is being transported in a form such that, when released outside its means of containment and there is physical contact with humans or animals, it is capable of causing permanent disability or life-threatening or fatal disease in humans or animals. • Category B • Infectious substances that do not meet the criteria for inclusion in Category A.

25. Exempt Specimens • Biological materials, collected directly from humans, animals or the environment that are being transported for research, diagnosis, investigational activities or prevention where you have NO REASON TO BELIEVEthat the specimen contains an infectious substance. • TDG Regulation 1.42.

26. Exempt Specimens • Includes excreta, secrete, blood, blood components, tissues, tissue swabs, and body parts. • 3 Typesof Exempt Specimens: • Exempt Human Specimen • Exempt Animal Specimen • Biological Product

27. Are AllSpecimens Exempt? • NO!!!! • If you HAVE REASON TO BELIEVEthat the specimen contains Class 6.2 micro-organisms, the specimens areclassified as Class 6.2 and assigned to either Category A or B. • If the specimens are part of routine screening tests, they would be shipped as per section 1.42 of the TDG Regulations.

28. Culture • The result of a process by which pathogens in a specimen are intentionally propagated. • This definition does not include specimens taken from a human or animal and that are intended to be processed in a laboratory. • Biological Product • A product derived from living organisms that is used to prevent, treat or diagnose disease in humans or animals or in the development, experimentation or investigation of disease. This includes finished or unfinished products, live vaccines and attenuated vaccines.

29. Neutralized/Inactivated • Substances in a form that any pathogens present have been treated such that they no longer pose a health risk. • These neutralized/inactivated/fixed materials are not subject to the Regulationsunless they meet the criteria for inclusion in another class. For example, fixed samples are not infectious, but the fixative is often flammable.

30. Exposure • An exposure occurs when an infectious substance is released outside of the protective packaging, resulting in physical contact with humans or animals.

31. Means of Containment • The shipping container. • Approved containers meet specific standards and have undergone detailed testing (dropping, crushing, piercing) to ensure that they will meet the rigors of shipping without releasing the dangerous goods packed within them. • Small = less than 450 L or 500 kg • Large = more than 450 L or 500 kg

32. Means of Containment

33. Means of Containment

34. Safety Marks - Labelling of the Container • The labels and other information that consignors are required to put on the outside of the rigid outer packaging to indicate the presence andtype of hazard. • Also provides information about the construction and durability of the shipping container. • See the Regulations Part 4 or the TDG Bulletin Shipping Infectious Substances for more information.

35. Safety Marks - Labelling of the Container • Shipments must be labeled prior to transport (Regulation 4.4) • Labels must remain legible during transport (Regulation 4.5) • Labels must be removed after hazard is removed from the container (Regulation 4.9) • Labels must be applied ‘on point’ and be 100 mm x 100 mm (Regulation 4.7)

36. Safety Marks - Labelling of the Container • The container labelling requirements vary with the classification of the shipment but always includes the shipping name, UN Number, container specification marks and address of the consignor.

37. Safety Marks - Labels

38. Safety Marks - Placards • The placard that carriers or anyone loading the dangerous goods into a means of transport are required to display on the vehicle. • Placards are required when the: • gross mass of infectious substances >500 kg • shipment requires an ERAP (see Transport Canada’s Regulations, Subsection 7.1(7)) • See the Regulations Part 4 or the TDG Bulletin Shipping Infectious Substancesfor more information.

39. Roles & Responsibilities in the Transport Chain • The TDG Regulations define the roles and responsibilities of everyone in the transport chain: • Employer/Supervisor • Consignor • Carrier • Consignee

40. Roles & Responsibilities - Employer • The TDG Regulations Part 6.1 Training Certificate Requirements • The TDG Regulations Part 6.3 Issuance & Contents of a Training Certificate • The TDG Regulations Part 6.5 Keeping Proof of Training • The TDG Regulations Part 6.7 Showing Proof of Training

41. A person who: • is named in a shipping document • will import dangerous goods • has possession of dangerous goods immediately before they are in transport • The consigner must: • be adequately trained • prepare and give to the carrier a shipping document • package and label the dangerous goods as per the Regulations • provide his or her training certificate to an inspector immediately on request • Consignor (Shipper)

42. Roles - Carrier • A person who has possession of dangerous goods immediately before they are in transport. • Example: courier, waste disposal company • Shipping dangerous goods by Canada Post is illegal.

43. Responsibilities - Carrier • The carrier must: • not take possession of a dangerous good unless it is packaged and labelled in accordance with Regulations. • refusepossession of a dangerous goods where the accompanying shipping document is incorrect or incomplete or the packaging and labeling is incorrect. • report any loss of product while they are in possession of the shipment. • providea copy of the shipping document upon delivery. • keepcopies of shipping documentation for inspection by federal inspectors for 2 years.

44. Roles – Consignee (Receiver) • A person who receives dangerous goods. • The consignee has a duty to report damaged or lost shipments. • The consignee has a right to refuse those shipments.

45. Part 6 - The Importance of Training • The TDG Regulations Part 6: • A person who handles, offers for transport or transports dangerous goods must • Be adequately trained and hold a training certificate in accordance with this Part; or • Perform those activities in the presence and under the direct supervision of a person who is adequately trained and who holds a certificate in accordance with this Part. • (2)An employer must not direct or allow an employee to handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods unless the above (1) conditions are met.

46. Training Topics as per the Certificate • Classification • Shipping Names • Use of Schedules 1, 2, & 3 • Shipping Documents • Safety Marks • Means of Containment • Emergency Response Assistance Plans • Accidental Release Reporting Requirements • Safe Handling & Transportations Practices • Reasonable Emergency Measures • Requirements set out in ICAO Technical Instructions

47. Part 3 - Documentation • A shipping document is the document that contains the required information about the dangerous goods being handled, offered for transport or transported. • While en route, a paper copy must accompany the shipment. • The document is prepared by the consignor, and copies must be kept by the consignor and carrier for at least 2 years. • Minimum information: • Consignor’s name andaddress • Date of shipment • Classification of goods

48. Part 3 - Documentation • Minimum information required on a shipping document: • Consignor’s name andaddress • Date of shipment • UN Number • Shipping name • Primary class and subsidiary class • Packing group or category • any extra information required by Special Provisions • the quantity in metric measurement • 24 hour contact information • the consignor’s certification

49. Documentation Note: the yellow spaces are required information. Other space reflect common practice.