Environment, Health & Safety

Chemical Inventory Database Instructions

Chemical Inventory Database

Campus Chemical Inventory Program Background

According to federal, State and local environmental law, the UC Berkeley Campus must maintain an inventory of existing hazardous materials. The campus Chemical Inventory Program is coordinated by the Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S). Each laboratory, shop, or other chemical storage location must submit, on an annual basis, a current inventory of hazardous materials. In addition, inventories must be updated when a significant change (such as a move to a new room or an acquisition of new hazardous chemicals) occurs in the inventory.

EH&S uses the Chemical Inventory database to track the campus chemical inventory. The Chemical Inventory database is available to campus users to enter and maintain their individual inventories.

For more information, see the EH&S web page: Chemical Inventory

EH&S chemical inventory contacts are:

Russ Blackmar

(510) 643-8187

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Or call the EH&S main number, (510) 642-3073, and leave a message for a call back from a Chemical Inventory Program staff member.

About the EH&S Chemical Inventory Database
The Chemical Inventory database (CI) is the repository of information about hazardous chemicals on the UC Berkeley campus and at various field stations. Authorized individuals with an internet connection can access CI online.

Internet Connection
You will need a fast Internet connection; dial-in (modem) connections are not suitable for accessing this database.

Computer/Operating System Requirements
In general, if your computer functions well when you use a web browser such as Safari or Explorer, it should function well with Chemical Inventory. The faster your computer and Internet connection and the more memory you have, the better. Your computer must meet campus minimum standards for networked devices (ie. Windows 2000 and Mac OS 9 no longer comply).

Additional Inventory Reporting Information

Submitting (Small) Paper Inventories
If you cannot access the campus network and if you have a very small inventory (less than 25 items/changes), you may submit your inventory on paper to:
Chemical Inventory Coordinator, EH&S
317 University Hall
MC 1150

Keep a copy of your submission and check with EH&S to see that it has been received.

Using an EH&S Workstation
You may schedule time on an EH&S computer workstation (Mac or Windows) to enter your data. It is located in University Hall. Please call (510) 643-8187 to schedule time on the workstation.

Reporting Radioactive Materials
These materials should not be included in your Chemical Inventory. They are inventoried quarterly by Radiation Safety.

Reporting Biological Materials and Etiologic Agents
It is not necessary to report these materials on your Chemical Inventory.

Enable Your Web Browser For CI
Go to https://chem.ehs.berkeley.edu/ci to download and install the Citrix plug-in that will enable you to access Chemical Inventory from your web browser.

About Access Privileges and Security
To keep inventory information confidential, your access is limited to the inventories that you maintain or coordinate. Call Russ Blackmar at (510/643-8187) to obtain access privileges. The standard access privilege rules are:

An "inventory taker" has access to rooms for a specific storage area, lab or PI.

A "department contact" has access to all the rooms in a department.

Once your user account has been established, you will use your CalNet ID and passphrase to login. Please do not share your login information with other users.

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Logging on to the Chemical Inventory Database

Once access privileges are obtained and the Citrix plug-in is installed onto your computer, you are ready to log on. Go to https://chem.ehs.berkeley.edu/ci and enter your CalNet ID and passphrase. Once successfully authenticated, click on the Chemical Inventory icon (figure 1).

Figure 1 Chemical Inventory icon

At this point, you should be logged on to the CI database server and will see a list of room inventories for which you have access privileges (figure 2 - "Rooms"). Note: new users may not see any room records displayed until they create new room records (see "Creating a New Room Record" in section 4).

Figure 2 Rooms screen

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Navigating the Database and Database Basics

Data Tables
CI has three main data tables (Rooms, Items and Chemical Index) which may be chosen from the menu bar under "Data."

From "Rooms" you can open a specific room record and change your room contact information, and you can add, delete, or modify the items in your inventory.
From "Items" you can view and edit a single list of items, and the items on this list may be associated with any or all of the rooms to which you have access privileges.
From the "Chemical Index" you can view physical properties and hazard information for chemicals in this chemical data dictionary.

These data tables may all simultaneously remain open as "windows." When you call up a list of records by selecting one of these three data tables from the menu bar, you may open up a selected record from the list by double clicking on the desired record. Note that you may manipulate the list of records by using various functions from the menu bar, but once a single record on the list is opened, menu bar functions are no longer available and you must use the function buttons that appear on the opened record screen.

Saving Changes
Your work is automatically saved as you move from record to record ("previous" or "next" buttons), and when you exit a particular view of your records by clicking the "CLOSE" button. The "cancel" button will take you back to the list of records (either the "Rooms," "Items," or "Chemical Index" list) without saving changes to the individual record you were viewing (with the exception of changes to the "spreadsheet" of chemical items, which are all automatically saved).

On-Line Help
On-line Help is available on many screens. Click on the red "Help" button or the nearest question mark button (also in red) for more detailed screen information.

Field Colors
Yellow-colored fields are required fields, and they must be filled in. Gray-colored fields are not modifiable by the user (the database will fill them in). White fields are for optional information that you may want to use to further organize or describe your inventory.

Data Entry and Database Navigation Tips:

For many fields (building, organization, the last names of the room contact people, chemical name), you can get a partial list of choices by typing a few letters of the name and hitting the tab key.
Choice lists are most speedily navigated by typing the first letters of the choice you want. You may also use arrow keys, or click with your mouse to make your choice.
Call up a specific Room, Item, or Chemical index record by using the "Find Record" function. Use the "@" key for a special "wild card" search. For example: entering "RFS@" in the building field will find all records that have RFS at the beginning of the building name. "@RFS" will find all records that have RFS at the end of the building name. And "@RFS@"will find all records that have RFS anywhere in the building name.
Keyboard shortcuts are available for some functions, from the "Rooms," "Items," or "Chemical Index" tables (lists):

FUNCTION	WINDOWS	MAC
Call Up Rooms Table	Control-R	Command-R
Call Up Items Table	Control-I	Command-I
Call Up Chemical Index Table	Control-M	Command-M
Highlight Records — Discontinuous Selection	Control - click	Command - click
Highlight Records — Continuous Selection	Shift - click	Shift - click
Highlight Records - All	Control-A	Command-A
Find Records	Control-F	Command-F
Add Records	Control-N	Command-N
Show All Records	Control-J	Command-J
Show Highlighted Records	Control-H	Command-H
Print Report or Door Sign	Control-P	Command-P
Custom Sort Current Selection	Control-S	Command-S
Quit Chemical Inventory database	Control-Q	Command-Q

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Your List of Rooms:
The Rooms Screen

When you first log on to the database, the rooms for which you have access privileges appear on the "Rooms" list (figure 4). Double click on any room record to edit or view the information about that particular room. Call EH&S if you do not have a complete list of your rooms. If you are a new user, you will need to create a new room record before you begin.

Selection function from menu bar

Figure 6
"Rooms" Screen

Sort your list using "sort" buttons

Double click on a line to open
a room record

Creating A New Room Record

To create a new room, starting at the "Rooms" menu (figure 4), select "Add Record" under "Basic Functions" on the menu bar.

In the screen that appears, you must enter information into all of the required (yellow) fields before a new room can be properly created. For Building, Organization, and the last names of the room contacts (PI, Inventory, and Emergency Contacts), you can get a partial list of choices by typing a few letters of the name and hitting the tab key. Choose the building, organization or room contact name from the database list, if available, to ensure your entries match the names in the database.

Deleting A Room Record
Before deleting a room record, all items associated with the room must be either deleted or transferred to another room record (see section 5 below).

Once a room record is devoid of items, close the record for the room so you are looking at the "Rooms" list, highlight the target room(s) on the list (single click on the line), and select "Delete Highlighted Records" under "Basic Functions" on the menu bar.

Other Functions Available from the "Rooms" Screen

Print reports or door signs for multiple rooms (see section 8: Printing from CI).
Submit room inventories for multiple rooms (see section 7: Submitting Your Inventory and Logging Off).
View "Alert" messages for your room records (click on the "?" button next to "Alert" for more information).
Log off the database (choose "Quit" under "File" in the menu).
Change your password or update your personal profile under "File" in the menu.
Open up the "Items" or "Chemical Index" tables under "Data" in the menu (see section 9: Advanced Features of the Database).
Department Contacts may edit the departmental door sign information by selecting "Org. Emergency Info." under "Data" in the menu (see section 9).
Perform other advanced functions under "Special" in the menu (see section 9).

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The Items by Room Screen

Double click on a room record on your "Rooms" list to edit or view the information about that particular room.

You should now be viewing the "Items by Room" screen (figure 5). In this screen, functions (such as transferring or deleting chemical items) are carried out by using the on-screen buttons.

Room information

Clilck "ADD item" to create a new line item in the spreadsheet

"Mark" boxes used to select items for deleting or transferring

Editable "spreadsheet"for item data

"Submit Inventory" button

"Go to item detail" button will become enabled when you click on a specific chemical item from the spreadsheet

Figure 7
"Items by Room" Screen

"CLOSE"
takes you back to "Rooms" screen

The room contact information is required by emergency response personnel and it will appear on each room’s hazardous materials door sign. Make sure this room information is accurate and complete before proceeding to the inventory.
Below the room information sections you’ll see an editable list ("spreadsheet") of chemicals for the room. Changes made to this list are automatically saved when you exit the record by clicking on the "CLOSE" button, or when you view other room records by clicking on the "previous" or "next" buttons.

Adding a New Chemical
Click "ADD item" and look for a new blank line on the top of the item list. Click into the "Item Name" box to begin your entry. Enter the following for each item:

the Prefix (optional) is the part of the scientific chemical name that precedes the first hyphen.
chemical name (Item Name) -OR- the CAS number.
If the database recognizes the CAS number or chemical name, other known information about that chemical will be entered for you automatically from the Chemical Index.Type all or part of the name, or type the CAS number, then tab to retrieve a choice list. The more complete the name, the shorter the list. Choose the matching name + physical state + CAS number + concentration from the list; or, if you cannot find a match, cancel and type in the name of your chemical. If you wish to note a chemical formula, enter it in the "Description" field in the "Item Detail" screen.
physical State of the chemical (choose from the list).
Type (choose either mixture or pure from the list).
If you choose "mixture," be sure to enter mixture components in the "Item Detail" screen (see Section 6).
Category the chemical fits in (select the most descriptive choice from the list).
amount currently On Hand (for gases, enter maximum tank capacity).
Estimated Maximum amount on hand at any one time.
"Yr Use" is the estimated amount of the chemical that is used annually.
Unit of measure for the on-hand, maximum, and annual use amounts (choose from the list).
% concentration of the chemical if it is the sole component of a mixture (100% is default).
Container Type in which the chemical item is stored (choose from the list).
Location within the room (choose the most descriptive choice from the list).
create your own optional User Code (up to 5 characters) to help you further organize your inventory.

Data entry note: for fields with data choice lists, you must pick an entry from the list. If you get an alert message that says "That value is not allowed," click on the field again and choose an option from the list.

More detailed descriptions of these fields appear in Sections 10 and 11 of these instructions.

TRANSFERRING AND DELETING CHEMICALS
CI uses "marks" to manipulate items in the spreadsheet. You may use the "Mark" button on the left-hand side of the "spreadsheet" (figure 5) to identify a set of chemicals to be either deleted, or to be transferred to another room, all in one operation.

Deleting Chemical Items

First click on the "clear all marks" button on the left side of the screen, above the item list.
Click the "Mark" boxes in the left margin of the items you wish to delete. Or use the "mark all" button in order to delete an entire room's contents.
Click "DELETE marked items" — near the center of the screen, above the spreadsheet.

Transferring Chemical Items to a Different Room Record

First click on the "clear all marks" button on the left side of the screen, above the item list.
Click the "Mark" boxes in the left margin of the items you wish to transfer. Or use the "mark all" button in order to transfer an entire room's contents.
Click "transfer marked items" button on the right side of the screen above the item list.
A new screen will prompt you for the necessary information. Fill out the information on the destination room completely — each field in the "To Target Room" box must match the desired target room information in order to successfully complete the transfer.

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Adding Detailed Information:
The Item Detail Screen

To add or view detailed information about an item (e.g., mixture components, manufacturer, container information, etc.), click in the "Item Name" field of the chemical and then click on the "go to item detail" button on the right side of the screen. This will bring you to the "Item Detail" screen (figure 6). This screen also displays hazard information if your item matches the Chemical Index.

Container information

Mixture components

Figure 6
"Item Detail" Screen

Hazard information

To add mixture components, click on the "add component" button and enter the new component information in the blank line that appears at the top of the list. All hazardous chemicals that comprise a mixture must be listed here. Components that are less than 1% concentration by weight can be left off the list.
If you have multiple containers of a chemical, you do not have to make multiple item entries for the same chemical. Use the "Containers" section of the "Item Detail" screen to enter the number of containers and the largest container size.
For materials which may degrade with age (especially those which are age sensitive and may become potentially explosive, such as Ethyl ether), provide the expiration date on the right-hand side of the "Item Detail" screen.
Further explanations are provided at the end of this document (Section 9: Advanced Features of the Database).
To return to the "Items by Room" screen for the room click either "CLOSE" (saves changes) or "cancel" (does not save changes to the item information).

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Submitting Your Inventory and Logging Off

Data Cleanup Prior to Submission
Before submitting your inventory to EH&S, we encourage you to review your inventory and examine it for data accuracy. To help you in this process, we have provided the "Clean Up View" (figure 7) that you may access from either the "Items by Room" screen or from the "Items" data table by clicking on the "go to clean up view" button.

"show problems" and "show all" buttonsFind specific problems

Figure 7
"Clean Up View"

Return to main menu

Both the "Items by Room Clean Up View" and the "Items Clean Up View" screens help you identify possible data entry problems in your inventory. On the right-hand side of the screen, you’ll see a "Problems" section next to your item list. To view only the potentially problematic item entries, click on the "show probs" (show problems) button. You may also target specific problems (such as high amounts or incomplete entries) for which to check your inventory. Click on the "f" (find) button above the specific problem for which you are searching. You can view a translation of the problem codes by clicking on the red "?" button in the upper right-hand side of the screen. View all chemicals by clicking on the "show all" button. Note that you can make changes to the data from this "spreadsheet" screen.

Submitting Your Inventory

After completing changes to your inventory, it is important that you submit the inventory (click on the "Submit Inventory" button from the "Items by Room" screen). This lets EH&S know that you've finished making changes to your inventory, and changes the date of last submission for the room inventory.

At this point, you should print the color door sign for your inventoried room. Refer to the section on "Printing Door Signs" in PRINTING REPORTS, INVENTORIES AND DOOR SIGNS below. Note that it is recommended that you preview the door sign before printing a final color version.

After closing the "Items by Room" screen, you may close the database by choosing "Quit" from the "File" menu.

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Printing from CI

I. PRINTING REPORTS, INVENTORIES AND DOOR SIGNS
Reports, Inventories and Door Signs can be printed either one room at a time, or in batches of one or more rooms at a time. Print for one room at a time by clicking on the "print" button on the bottom of the "Items by Room" screen (figure 5). Print for multiple rooms* by choosing "Print Report or Door Sign" under "Basic Functions" from the "Rooms" list screen (figure 4). Both of these methods of printing will bring you to the "Rooms Reports" screen from which you should pick a report or door sign format by clicking on the list of reports (center of the screen). Then you may choose to either click on the "print" button or the "preview" button. All reports and door sign formats are designed to print on standard 8 1/2" x 11" paper.

If you have chosen to preview the report or door sign, you will see a display of the printout that has several symbols in the upper left-hand. Click on these symbols (figure 8) to either print (printer symbol), stop the printing and return to your previous screen (stop sign), preview the next printout, if applicable (book with arrow pointing toward the right), or enlarge the preview (magnifying glass symbol).

Print
Quit preview without printingPreview next page

Enlarge preview

Random door sign information

Department door sign information

Figure 8
Print Preview for Hazardous Material Door Sign ("Regular" Format)

Hazard symbols

Printing Door Signs

The Door Sign is a single-page per room report that displays emergency contact information and the known hazard information for your chemical inventory (see figure 8). It is designed to be printed in color (do not print in black and white) and clearly displayed outside the door of the room in which your chemicals are stored so that emergency response personnel can see it before entering the room.

For most rooms, you should choose to print the "Door Sign Regular" format. It is advisable to preview the door sign before printing it — you may need to correct the room information before the final color version gets printed. To print a single door sign for two or more room records that are linked as a suite, call up these rooms in the “Rooms” list, select “Print Report or Door Sign” under “Basic Functions,” choose the door sign format, and check the box that says “summarize master room (suite)” before clicking the print button. Make sure the master room number is identified in the “Master Rm” field of the Items by Room screen (see figure 5).

If you are a Department Contact, you are able to edit the departmental emergency information that appears on all door signs within your department. Select "Org. Emergency Info." (organization emergency information) from "Data" on the menu bar, double-click on the line with your department (organization) name, and fill in all information, including a 24-hour phone number, that you want to have appear on the door signs.

Printing a Room Inventory

There are two report options for printing inventories that are grouped by their associated rooms. If you have multiple room inventories and wish to view all the items as one single list, refer to the section on "Printing a Single List of Chemicals (Items) for All of Your Rooms" in PRINTING LISTS below.

Room Inventory Data Entry
This is the recommended format for you to mark up when you’re reviewing your chemical inventory. This format prints in the landscape orientation, and it contains additional fields of Manufacturer and Description.
Room Inventory Record
This format will display all information seen on the "Items by Room" screen (figure 5) and will print in the portrait orientation.

Printing Blank Inventory Forms
There are two formats of blank data entry forms available for printing.

Blank Data Entry Form

Blank Data Entry Form — Mixtures
This format is used for chemicals that are mixtures. It contains fields for mixture component chemicals and other detailed information that must be entered into the "Item Detail" screen (figure 6).

II. PRINTING LISTS

Printing a List of Your Rooms
To print out list of rooms, click on the "print list" button on the bottom of the "Rooms" screen (figure 4). You will have to close the "Items by Room" screen, if you are in it, in order return to the "Rooms" screen.

Use the operations under "Basic Functions" on the menu bar to change which room records are displayed on the list. To reduce the room list, you may highlight the rooms you want to remain showing on the list and choose "Show Highlighted Records" under "Basic Functions" on the menu bar. To view all rooms available to you, choose "Show All Records" under "Basic Functions" on the menu bar.

Printing a Single List of Chemicals (Items) for All of Your Rooms

You may print your inventory in two different ways. If you only have one room inventory, or if you want to print a separate inventory for each of your rooms, refer to the section on "Printing a Room Inventory" in PRINTING REPORTS, INVENTORIES AND DOOR SIGNS above. If you have multiple rooms, and wish to print out a single list of all the chemicals inventoried in those rooms, do the following:

Choose "Items" under "Data" on the menu bar (you must first close the "Items by Room" screen if you are in it). From this "Items" screen, choose "Show All Records" under "Basic Functions" on the menu bar. Sort the list of chemical items as you wish (by location, name, state, etc.) by clicking on the appropriate sort button at the top of the screen, and click on the "print list" button at the bottom of the screen.

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Advanced Features of the Database

The Chemical Inventory database has some specialized functions that you may find to be of use. Please contact EH&S for more details and training on use of these functions.

There are three or four data tables available (depending on your access level) from the menu bar under "Data." They include "Rooms," "Items," "Chemical Index," and "Organization Emergency Information."

1. Rooms
Most of the basic functions of the "Rooms" data table have been explained in the above instructions.
From the "Rooms" list, you may choose from several possible advanced functions under "Special" on the menu:

Submit Highlighted Room Inventories — you may submit inventories for several rooms at once by highlighting the desired rooms from your list, then selecting this function from the menu.
Show Related Items — This function allows you to call up the list of all your items that are inventoried for the rooms appearing on your "Rooms" list. See the "Items" data table features listed below for more information on how to use the "Items" data table.
Duplicate Highlighted Records — This function allows you to create a new room record that carries the same room contact names, organization, and building as the original room. You must fill in the new room number before you exit this newly created room record. You may also choose to duplicate the items when you duplicate the room. If you choose this option, take note that the item amounts will need to be added to the newly created item records.
Custom Sort — Use this function if you need to perform a sort option that is not available from the buttons on the "Rooms" list screen.
Custom Search — Use this function if you need to perform a detailed search that is not available from the "Find Records" function under the "Basic Functions" menu option.
Custom Report — This function allows you to create your own custom printable report. You may also export an electronic version of a report by specifying the print destination to disk.
Create Working Set — Use this function to identify a specific list (set) of room records that you will want to re-create after calling up a different list of room records. Call up this "working set" of room records by using the "Show Working Set" function.
Show Working Set — Use this function to re-create the working set of room records that you identified when you last used the "Create Working Set" function.
Filter Name — This is a display function only. Before you set a filter, the name "None" appears here, telling you that no filter has been set. If you have set a filter, the name you gave it will appear here. See "Filter — Set or Clear" below.
Filter — Set or Clear — Use this function to limit search options to the room records displayed on the list at the time that you set the filter. For instance, if you have many rooms that are in several buildings, you may call up the "Rooms" list, reduce the list to only a few select rooms, and set the filter for that reduced list of rooms. Then any search you perform, whether from the "Rooms" data table or from the "Items" data table, will be limited only to those select room records and the inventoried items within them.

Clear the filter by calling up this function again and choosing "clear filter." This will allow you to return to your full list of room records.

2. Items
Use the "Items" data table to view all (or a select subset) of your items as a single list, regardless of location.
From the "Items" list, you may choose from several possible advanced functions under "Special" on the menu:

Show Related Rooms - This function allows you to call up a list of rooms (from the rooms for which you have been assigned access) that contain any of the items currently appearing on your "Items" list. This way you may search for all the locations that contain certain target chemicals.
Show Related Index Records — Similar to "Show Related Rooms," this function allows you to call up a list of the matching Chemical Index records for the items that currently appear on your "Items" list. See the "Chemical Index" data table features listed below for more information on how to use the "Chemical Index" data table.
Unique Item Totals — This function creates a report that sums the amounts, in pounds, of the items currently appearing on the "Items" list. Items that have the same chemical name (or CAS#) plus physical state plus concentration, or items which match a common Chemical Index record, are summed and appear only once on the list.
Custom Sort/Custom Search/Custom Report — See the explanation of these functions under the section on the Rooms List "Special" Functions above.
Custom Labels — Use this function to format chemical container labels for printing onto standard label stock.
Create Working Set/Show Working Set — See the explanation of these functions under the section on the Rooms List "Special" Functions above.

3. Chemical Index
The chemical index shows specific information for many chemicals stored on campus, (e.g. hazardous nature or physical properties). You have "read only" privileges; if you would like to add chemicals, please call EH&S. To view records in the chemical index, select "Chemical Index" under "Data" on the menu bar. Use the "Find" button on the screen to search for a chemical, then double click on the listed chemical in order to view the full screen for that chemical.

From the "Chemical Index" list, you may choose from several possible advanced functions under "Special" on the menu:

Show Related Items - This function allows you to call up the list of all your items that match the Chemical Index records appearing on your "Chemical Index" list. See the "Items" data table features listed above for more information on how to use the "Items" data table.
Show Related Rooms - Similar to "Show Related Items," this function allows you to call up a list of rooms (from the rooms for which you have been assigned access) that contain any of the chemicals that currently appear on your "Chemical Index" list. See the "Rooms" data table features listed above for more information on how to use the "Rooms" data table.
Custom Sort/Custom Search/Custom Report — See the explanation of these functions under the section on the Rooms List "Special" Functions above.
Custom Labels - Use this function to format chemical container labels for printing onto standard label stock.
Create Working Set/Show Working Set — See the explanation of these functions under the section on the Rooms List "Special" Functions above.

4. Organization Emergency Information (Department Contact access only)

If you are a Department Contact, you may change the departmental emergency information that appears on all door signs within your department. Select "Org. Emergency Info." (organization emergency information) from under "Data" on the menu bar, double-click on the line with your department (organization) name, and fill in all information, including a 24-hour phone number, that you want to appear on the door signs.

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Details of Room Information Fields (figure 5)

*Room*		Use the room number. If no number exists, make up a code to describe the location (for example, use "Out" for outside of the building or "Dock" for loading dock). Use the "Room Description" field to clarify the code you used, if necessary.
Building		The building name. Enter part of the name then tab to have an automatic entry from the database.
Floor		Enter the number or letter designation for your floor.
*Organization*		The department or organizational subunit. Call 643-8187 if your department is not on the list.
Room Use		Pick the most descriptive choice from the list, and use the "Comments" section to clarify, if necessary.
Master Room		Used to group records for rooms primarily to allow a single door sign to be printed for all rooms in a suite.
Room Description		This field helps you clarify and elaborate on the "Room" field.
*Submit Date*		This is the date the room’s inventory was last submitted.
History		Click on this button to view the inventory submission history for the room.
BUA		Check if this is a room that has Biohazard Use Authorization status.
Biohazard Level		The level is 0 (for none), 2, or 3 according to the type of biohazards present in the work area. There are no level 4 biohazards at UCB.
WAA		This is a non-modifiable field indicating that the room is a Waste Accumulation Area.
RWAA		This is a non-modifiable field indicating that the room is a Radioactive Waste Accumulation Area.
PI*		The Principal Investigator for research laboratories.
Resp. Manager*		The Responsible Manager in charge of overseeing the area inventoried.
Inventory Contact		This is usually the person who has taken the inventory and has entered the data into the database. This is also the person whom EH&S will first contact if we have any questions about the inventory.
Emergency Contact*		The person who knows the room and its contents and is available to answer questions in an emergency.
Phone		Campus 5-digit numbers (x-xxxx) or the full 7-digit number.
E-Mail		It is not necessary to include the ".berkeley.edu" for your address.
*Comments*		General comments; please use this field to clarify any information as necessary.

* Note: these phone numbers will appear on hazardous material door signs.

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Details of Item Information Fields (figures 5 & 6)

Item Name		The complete scientific chemical name (when practical), or the name on the label of the item being inventoried. Do not use abbreviations or formulas for this field. A generic name may be the best choice in some cases (e.g. "paint, water-based" - put the specific name or brand in the "Description" field).
Prefix		This is part of the scientific chemical name that precedes the first hyphen. It may be a number, letter, or word like "N-" or "tert-" that modifies the name and precedes the main body of the chemical name. End entry with a hyphen (e.g., "1,1,1-" for 1,1,1-Trichloroethane.)
*Description*		Enter anything that will further help identify the chemical item inventoried. This may include the trade name, product number, an abbreviation of a longer name (e.g. EDTA), or chemical formula.
*State*		Gas, liquid or solid.
Type		A pure chemical or a mixture. For a mixture you must list the components and percentages. List components whenever possible.
*CAS Number*		The number assigned by Chemical Abstract Service to denote a unique chemical. When you enter a CAS number that is in the chemical index, many other fields are automatically entered.
*Cat*		The category or product type. Pick the most descriptive choice from the list.
On Hand		The actual numerical amount of the chemical that is currently on hand (does not include the units).
Est. Maximum		The estimated maximum amount you will have at any one time during the year.
Yearly Usage		The estimated total amount used during the calendar year.
*Unit*		Unit is the common unit of measure.
Concentration (%)		The concentration of the chemical by percent.
Ct. Type		The largest type of container in which the chemical is held.
# Containers		The total number of containers.
*Largest Size*		The maximum amount the container holds. If there are multiple containers, enter the largest container in which the material is kept.
Location		Pick the most descriptive choice from the list.
User Code		You may make up a code (up to 5 characters) to designate the location, user of the material, or any other description that helps you organize your inventory.
Pressure		Compressed gases are "Above ambient" pressure.
Temperature		Cryogenic fluids (e.g. liquid nitrogen) are "Below ambient" temperature.
Manufacturer		Pick from the list, and call EH&S if your choice is not available. This information is useful for MSDS retrieval.
Lot #		The manufacturer preparation number on the label.
*Product #*		The manufacturer product number on the label.
*Date Received*		The date the chemical was first received.
*Date Expired*		The expiration date of the chemical (used for disposal purposes). Please use this field if you have chemicals that degrade to form potentially explosive chemicals.
Mixture Components		Enter the chemical constituents and their weight percentages for all mixtures.
Major Known Hazards		These summary hazard categories are derived from Article 80 of the California Fire Code.
NFPA		This is the National Fire Protection Association hazard system symbol.
Comments		Optional field for comments about the chemical.

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Chemical Inventory Database Instructions

Chemical Inventory Database

2Logging on to the Chemical Inventory Database

3 Navigating the Database and Database Basics

Data Entry and Database Navigation Tips:

4 Your List of Rooms: The Rooms Screen

5 The Items by Room Screen

6 Adding Detailed Information: The Item Detail Screen

7 Submitting Your Inventory and Logging Off

8 Printing from CI

9 Advanced Features of the Database

10 Details of Room Information Fields (figure 5)

11 Details of Item Information Fields (figures 5 & 6)