Chemical Management

Chemwatch |Cryogenic Liquids |Chemical Label Handouts |Chemical Management Charts | Chemical Management Waste | Chemical Risk Assesments |Hazardous Substances | Reproductive Hazards

Chemwatch

Chemwatch can be used to locate important information about known chemicals, and download appropriate labels.  This program will launch a new browser screen on your computer.
You can access Chemwatch from the Chemwatch website.

Hazardous Substances

Part of the safe operation of a laboratory is the understanding of the chemicals you will be using. You have a duty to satisfy the requirements of Health and Safety in the workplace. The following Australian Standard applies to the safe operation of laboratories:

• University Chemical Safety Managment Handbook
• Safety in laboratories - Chemical aspects AS/NZS 2243.2:2006  
  • Security Sensitive Ammonium Nitrate (SSAN)
    • SSAN Safe Use Guidelines
    • Register Template
    • Purchase and Storage Guidelines
  • Cryogenic Liquids (Liquid Nitrogen)
    • Use Guidelines for Safe Use of Cryogenic Liquids
    • The Authority to Use the Class 2.2 Cryogenic Liquids
    • Inherent Risk Assessment for Cryogenic Liquids
    • Generic Risk Assessment for Liquid Nitrogen
    • Safe Operating Procedures
      • General use and transport of Liquid Nitrogen
      • Freezing Materials in Liquid Nitrogen (LN2)
      • Use of Heidolph Multi Reax Shaker for grinding plant tissues frozen using Liquid Nitrogen
      • Snap Freezing Plant Tissue
  • Reproductive Hazards from Chemicals
    • Guidelines
    • Pamphlet
    • Labels (link to new page)
  •   Peroxidisable chemicals

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Chemical Label Handouts

• 500ml decanted [PDF] [Excel]
• 500ml mixture [PDF] [Excel]
• non-hazardous non-dangerous [PDF] [Excel]
• not for human consumption [PDF] [Excel]
• rack label [PDF] [Excel]
• research purposes only [PDF] [Excel]
• waste a5 [PDF] [Excel]
• waste a4 [PDF] [Excel]
• Reproductive Hazard (link to new webpage)
• Peroxidisable chemicals

Chemical Management Charts

• Chemical Compatibility Matrix

Chemical Management Waste

• Manifest form

Chemical Risk Assesments

Please go to the Risk Register page for Chemical Risk Assesments

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