University of Colorado

Chemical Inventory Management System

 
 
Main Purpose of the CU Chemical Inventory Management System
The University of Colorado Chemical Inventory Management System is a compilation of chemical inventories from the research laboratories and maintenance shops on the CU Boulder campus. It also provides safety information and direct links to MSDS. Utilizing a user-friendly format and direct links for chemical safety information provided in the system, research personnel are able to actively maintain their chemical inventories while accessing information about the hazards of each of their chemicals. Maintaining active inventories will provides reasonable account of what chemicals are actually in the laboratories at any given time. This system becomes a valuable tool in emergency response situations.
 
Capabilities of the CU Chemical Inventory Management System
· Search your chemical inventory. Utilize the system to search the contents of your inventory by chemical name, CAS number, chemical formula, building, room number, NFPA flammability rating, NFPA reactivity rating, NFPA health rating, NFPA and other miscellaneous ratings.
· Add or Edit information for any of the chemicals in your inventory. There are a number of optional fields that you may use to add information about your chemical, including mixture components and concentrations, storage location descriptions, purchase information, and general usage or experiment information.
· Have immediate access to safety information about your chemicals. The available information includes NFPA ratings, direct links to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) as well as a direct link to the CU Chemical Hazards Information Database for additional information about the chemical.

 

Links to Help Documents

Page Descriptions
Functions
Inventory Status Page Logging on to the system
Search Page Searching your chemical inventory
Search Results Page Adding a new chemical to the chemical inventory
Add New Chemical Page Deleting a chemical from your inventory
Record Detail Page Duplicating a chemical record
  Printing an inventory or search results