The Department of Health is offering Sentinel Lab, health department and non-sentinel lab staff the Infectious Substances Packaging and Shipping Training.

• Intended for who package and ship infectious substances and diagnostic specimens.
• Required every two years to maintain certification.
• Saf-T-Pak is conducting the classes 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, or a bit longer
• General awareness / familiarization, function specific, safety, and security awareness as required by the 49CFR 172.704
• A hands-on exercise to properly package and ship Category A and Category B infectious substances and other dangerous goods, such as dry ice, by air and ground
• A certificate of training  and five (5) CEUs /  contact hours
• Register in FL TRAIN  — https://fl.train.org/Desktopshell.aspx.
  • To create FL TRAIN account, click the box “Create Account” and complete the required information.
• Search for course number 1068198 OR “FDOH 2017 Division 6.2 Infectious Substances Packaging and Shipping”
  • Click on the Registration tab.
  • To receive CEUs, select credit type and type your license number in the box.
  • OR select “none” and type “none.”
  • Select the session and click “Get Approval”.
• Email notification once you are approved, must elect to receive emails from TRAIN.
• Questions, wheeler@flhealth.gov; 904-791-1568
• OR kloss@flhealth.gov; 813-233-2278
• If unable to use FL-TRAIN, manual registration forms accepted