Chemical Inventory Guidelines
Every laboratory must have a complete and accurate chemical inventory. LSU uses a barcode based online chemical inventory management system, EHS Assistant.
The inventory provides information on:
- Chemical Hazards and Physical Properties
- Quantities and Storage Locations
- Links to SDS
Labs are required to maintain inventory by adding new chemicals and deleting used chemicals.
Barcodes are pre-printed labels obtained from EHS
Purchased chemicals are entered into your inventory by EHS Assistant.
- Labs are required to add new chemicals.
- Labs are requested to put a bar code label on the container.
- Add the appropriate fields.
- Confirm location.
Chemicals to be inventoried:
All chemicals and chemical products obtained from commercial sources (Sigma, Acros, Amresco, Baker, ect.)
- Organics
- Inorganics
- Solvents
- Acids/Bases
Quantities less than 1 gram are exempted.
Empty chemical containers are to be removed from the inventory.
Chemicals that do not need to be inventoried:
- Chemical reagent solutions prepared in the lab
- Laboratory synthesis products
- Enzymes of any form
- Microbiological growth media
- Radioactive materials
- Microorganisms
- Water of any grade
- Chromatographic column materials (gas or liquid)