Chemwatch
To meet the regulatory requirements, Chemwatch is used as the University’s electronic Safety Data Sheet (SDS) library and chemical inventory management system.
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If you need to get access to Chemwatch, forget your password or need to change your access in Chemwatch, submit this ServiceNow ticket.
Chemwatch users are determined by the need of a person/laboratory group access their chemical inventory.
User Type Access/Permissions Everyone - Can be accessed by everyone with a UoM’s username and password
- Full access and print SDS from Chemwatch library
- Print labels and QR codes
- Access to emergency information of a chemical
Read Same as above, plus:
- Read only access the chemical inventory/list in the area they have been assigned to.
Read/Write Same as above, plus:
- Ability to create new location, delete chemicals/locations, move chemicals/locations
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A. If you have a SDS or several new/updated SDS to be uploaded to Chemwatch, follow the steps below:
- Fill out this SDS upload request template form
- Follow the instruction at the top of the spreadsheet on how to fill out the request correctly
- If you have more than one (1) SDS, convert to PDF format, then compress them into a ZIP file before uploading.
- Submit a ServiceNow ticket and select ‘Submit SDS(s) to be uploaded'
- Remember to always upload both the spreadsheet and the SDSs
B. SDS authoring. This is to ask Chemwatch to create a SDS for the product you have. Note that there is fee of $80 associated with this request which is paid by your department.
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Use this ServiceNow ticket (choose “Chemical Inventory Upload Request”) to:
- Upload a new chemical inventory to Chemwatch or
- replace a chemical inventory on Chemwatch
Instruction to submit your inquiry to upload chemical inventory on Chemwatch:
- Use this Chemical Inventory Form to develop your chemical inventory
- Follow the instruction on the form carefully to ensure your chemical inventory is uploaded accurately on Chemwatch
- Complete the ServiceNow ticket, and do not forget to attach the chemical inventory.
Note: you may want to check if you have already got access to Chemwatch. If not, please submit another ServiceNow Ticket and choose “Chemwatch Account Enquiries”.
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Create the following ServiceNow ticket, select 'General Enquiry' if you:
- need to obtain any reports from Chemwatch (inventory, DG manifest, hazardous substance register, etc), or
- have any general inquiries that are not covered by any of the above topics, or
- need to report any issues on Chemwatch.
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Training videos have been developed for self-learning depending on the Chemwatch role.
Video title
Description
How to log in, navigating the main menu and chemical management panel. 9.5 mins
Suitability - Everyone
Creating labels, mini SDS, QR codes, documents in bulk. 7.5 mins
Suitability - Everyone
Searching for chemicals, changing volume/quantity of chemicals in inventory. 5.5 mins
Suitability - Everyone
Modifying quantity/volumes of chemicals, deleting chemicals, moving chemicals to different location, copying/pasting chemicals, managing chemical in bulk. 5.5 mins
Suitability - those with read/write access
Navigating folder tree, opening, creating, deleting, moving and copying folders. 5 mins
Suitability - those with read/write access
Generating basic and advanced reports. 7.5 mins
Suitability - those with read/write access