Full course description
The safe transportation of laboratory specimens is critical to ensuring accurate test results, patient safety, and regulatory compliance. This self-paced course introduces the principles and best practices for shipping biological specimens and hazardous materials within healthcare, laboratory, and clinical research environments.
Throughout the course, you will explore the transportation process used to move samples from decentralized collection sites to centralized testing facilities. You will learn how proper handling, packaging, labeling, documentation, and transport procedures help preserve specimen quality while reducing risk during shipment.
Designed to provide practical knowledge and industry-relevant skills, this course helps learners understand the important role specimen transportation plays in supporting diagnostic testing, laboratory operations, and clinical research activities.
Course Skills:
• Fundamentals of biological specimen transportation
• Safe handling and packaging procedures
• Hazardous materials awareness and risk mitigation
• Documentation and chain-of-custody requirements
• Maintaining specimen integrity during transport
• Regulatory and compliance considerations
• Best practices for decentralized laboratory operations
2h
100%
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