A chemical inventory is important for safety compliance, emergency response, and efficient resource management in laboratories. It identifies hazards, facilitates regulatory reporting, optimizes waste management, and ensures cost-effective operations. Overall, it plays a key role in maintaining a safe and well-organized laboratory environment.
Please note that although areas that are classified as laboratory or activity areas have hazard assessments, not all hazard assessments will have an associated chemical inventory. Those areas that house and use chemicals are required to have an updated chemical inventory. The campus uses Risk and Safety Solutions (RSS) which creates a cloud-based system accessible from any computer or mobile device for maintaining and updating chemical inventories on campus.