Hazardous Materials: Infectious Substances; Harmonization With the United Nations Recommendations
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Hazardous Materials: Infectious Substances; Harmonization With the United Nations Recommendations
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The requirements adopted for the UN Recommendations establish a two-tiered classification system for Division 6.2 materials—Category A and Category B. A Category A infectious substance poses a higher degree of risk than a Category B infectious substance. A Category A material is an infectious substance that is transported in a form that is capable of causing permanent disability or life-threatening or fatal disease to otherwise healthy humans or animals when exposure to it occurs. An exposure occurs when an infectious substance is released outside of its protective packaging, resulting in physical contact with humans or animals. Category A infectious substances are assigned to UN 2814 (for substances that cause disease in humans or in both humans and animals) or UN 2900 (for substances that cause disease in animals only). The following are examples of Category A infectious substances. Please note this list is not all inclusive and is provided only as guidance (https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-9717/p-26).
This page includes a list of micro-organisms that are considered to create Category A waste, including Ebola, Monkeypox,
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-9717/p-26
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-9717/p-26
This page includes a list of micro-organisms that are considered to create Category A waste, including Ebola, Monkeypox,
Date
2005-05-19
Objectives
| UN 2814: | |
| Infectious substances affecting humans and animals | Bacillus anthracis (cultures only) |
| Brucella abortus (cultures only) | |
| Brucella melitensis (cultures only) | |
| Brucella suis (cultures only) | |
| Burkholderia mallei—Pseudomonas mallei—Glanders (cultures only) | |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei—Pseudomonas pseudomallei (cultures only) | |
| Chlamydia psittaci—avian strains (cultures only) | |
| Clostridium botulinum (cultures only) | |
| Coccidioides immitis (cultures only) | |
| Coxiella burnetti (cultures only) | |
| Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus | |
| Dengue virus (cultures only) | |
| Eastern equine encephalitis virus (cultures only) | |
| Escherichia coli, verotoxigenic (cultures only) | |
| Ebola virus | |
| Flexal virus | |
| Francisella tularensis (cultures only) | |
| Guanarito virus | |
| Hantaan virus | |
| Hantaviruses causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome | |
| Hendra virus | |
| Herpes B virus (cultures only) | |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (cultures only) | |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (cultures only) | |
| Japanese Encephalitis virus (cultures only) | |
| Junin virus | |
| Kyasanur forest disease virus | |
| Lassa virus | |
| Machupo virus | |
| Marburg virus | |
| Monkeypox virus | |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis (cultures only) | |
| Nipah virus | |
| Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus | |
| Poliovirus (cultures only) | |
| Rabies and other lyssaviruses (cultures only) | |
| Rickettsia prowazekii (cultures only) | |
| Rickettsia rickettsia (cultures only) | |
| Rift Valley fever virus | |
| Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus (cultures only) | |
| Sabia virus | |
| Shigella dysenteriae type I (cultures only) | |
| Tick-borne encephalitis virus (cultures only) | |
| Variola virus | |
| Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus | |
| Vesicular stomatitis virus (cultures only) | |
| West Nile virus (cultures only) | |
| Yellow fever virus (cultures only) | |
| Yersinia pestis (cultures only) | |
| UN 2900: | African swine fever virus (cultures only) |
| Infectious substances affecting animals only | Avian paramyxovirus Type 1—Velogenic Newcastle disease virus (cultures only) |
| Classical swine fever virus (cultures only) | |
| Foot and mouth disease virus (cultures only) | |
| Lumpy skin disease virus (cultures only) | |
| Mycoplasma mycoides—Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cultures only) | |
| Peste des petits ruminants virus (cultures only) | |
| Rinderpest virus (cultures only) | |
| Sheep-pox virus (cultures only) | |
| Goatpox virus (cultures only) | |
| Swine vesicular disease virus (cultures only) |
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