Training for Shippers and Transporters of Radiopharmaceuticals
We now have two courses available to meet the radiopharmaceutical industry’s needs:
- DOT Training for Highway Shippers & Transporters of Radiopharmaceuticals
- DOT Training for Air Shippers & Transporters of Radiopharmaceuticals
Users will choose from a courier module, a nuclear medicine department module or a Radiopharmacy module depending upon their job function/setting.
Upon completion, a PDF copy of the DOT training certificate will be generated, assuming that the user has successfully passed an exam over the material.
NEO developed a general DOT training program as outlined in CFR Title 49. The goal of this program is to provide web-based training in the required DOT training to those working with or around radioactive materials. The online availability of this program will be essentially seamless, cover the required material, provide record keeping, and be inexpensive.
The DOT requires that any employee involved in the preparation of packages of hazardous (radioactive) material and/or the transport and delivery of hazmat packages and/or responsible for the safe transport of hazmat packages receive specific training. The training must be within the first 90 days of employment and refreshed every three years.
Note: If you have been provided access to these DOT courses by an employer or nuclear medicine-related vendor and have questions about course access, please reach out to NEO Tech Support at HSC-NEOTechSupport@salud.unm.edu.
The course is approved for 2 hours of VOICE continuing education credits for the nuclear medicine department module only.
Training requirements include:
- General awareness/familiarization of radioactive material
- Function-specific training (transport/delivery and handlers)
- General safety training for radioactive materials
- Security awareness training
These courses address the Department of Transportation training requirements for those preparing radioactive materials used in research, medical diagnosis or treatment for ground and/or air shipment by motor vehicles.
If you have questions about this DOT training, reach to UNM’s Moodle Tech Support at HSC-NEOTechSupport@salud.unm.edu for more instruction on how to register and pay.