NHSScotland Guide to the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations with respect to Used Medical Devices (SHTM 01-03)

This guidance has been produced to assist those involved with, or responsible for, the transportation of used medical devices to Central Decontamination Units (CDU), Endoscope Decontamination Units (EDU) and Local Decontamination Units (LDU). This guidance document is a full technical revision of GUID 5006 V1 ‘Guide to the carriage of dangerous goods' produced in 2013. The revision of GUID 5006 V1 (SHTM 01-03) is required due to changes in the regulations applicable to Great Britain (GB), that is England, Scotland and Wales, as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union as outlined in the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

This updated version supersedes the previously known GUID 5006. Please click here to see the archived version.