Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
of Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021
Regulation 19
Handling and transport of specimens
Subregulation 1
A clinical laboratory service licensee must ensure that every specimen the licensee receives is kept in packaging that is durable, leak-proof and watertight.
Subregulation 2
If a specimen is reasonably suspected to contain an infectious agent, a clinical laboratory service licensee must ensure that the specimen is kept in proper packaging, labelled, transported and handled in accordance with any written law that governs the packaging, labelling, transportation and handling of such an infectious agent, including but not limited to the Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005.
Subregulation 3
Where a specimen that contains any biohazardous or radioactive material has to be transported to another location, a licensee must ensure that the specimen is properly packaged and labelled —
with a description of the general nature of the transported item; and
with a warning that the transported item contains biohazardous or radioactive material.