Chemical Inventory: (May 1 and November 1)

1. Submit inventory to Lisa Page and Brenda Pool as an attachment.
2. Only submit chemicals (no isotopes).
3. Solutions. List all components for the solution. List kits and components.
4. Full chemical name. Ex. Sodium lauryl sulfate, not SDS; Sodium chloride, not NaCl.
5. No Catalog #’s or vendor #’s.
6. Excel form to fill out: Chemical Inventory form
7. Must have an emergency contact name and #.
8. Date of inventory cannot be later that 6 mos. If you copy and paste each time, be sure to change the dates. Reinventory chemicals every 6 months – add, delete and change amts. as appropriate.
9. CAS #. Chemical Abstract Service #. Following are a few places to find these #’s. This list is not complete and each lab is responsible for finding the correct #. The most important thing is to have the EXACT chemical name when searching and try to use the vendor websites/catalogs because some of the chemicals are Vendor specific.
a. Look on the bottle. The newer bottles have the CAS # on them. Sigma likes to make the # a mystery – it’s the # between brackets.
b. Fisher (labeled CAS #) and Sigma (brackets under name) catalogs and websites have them listed. For the websites, type in the chemical name into the Search box. Select the appropriate chemical. Fisher has a button for MSDS on the chemical. Sigma goes directly to the MSDS when you select the chemical catalog #. I would imagine other companies have this information also – I just checked these 2.
c. University of Vermont website for MSDS information. Type in the chemical and Search. This takes you to a long list organized by vendor, but you don’t even need to go to the actual MSDS, the chemical and CAS# are on each line. Make sure you have the exact name of your chemical because the list can be long with variations on a search word. The MSDS page has a lot of information and you have to look for the CAS #. Usually it’s on the first page.
d. CAS # sites: http://www.cas.org/EO/regsys.html; National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) ; The Global Information Network on Chemicals Web Site
e. Any questions or help finding CAS #’s contact: Brenda Pool (1-4316)
10. Room #. Inventory is completely tied to a room. If you have multiple bottles of the same chemical and they are in different rooms, you need to have each bottle listed for each room.
11. Quantity. Best guess of quantity (don’t weigh or measure). Be sure and specify unit-measuring amount (liters, grams, mls etc.) The amount needs to be verified each six months. If you have several bottles of the same thing, all in the same room, combine quantities for 1 amt.