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CHEMICAL INVENTORY & CHEMICAL REGISTER

It is compulsory for each laboratory to have their own chemical inventory and chemical register.
Chemical inventory is the list of all chemicals used in the laboratories, whereas Chemical Register is the list of all chemicals hazardous to health used in the laboratories.
USECHH Regulation 2000 defines chemicals as :

“Chemicals” means chemical elements, or compounds or mixtures thereof, wether natural or synthetic, but does not include micro-organisms.

“Chemical hazardous to health” means any chemical or preparation which –

(a) is listed in Schedule I or II;

(b) possess any of the properties categorised in Part B of Schedule I of the Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Packaging and Labeling of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997 [P.U. (A) 143/97];

(c) comes within the definition of “pesticide” under the Pesticides Act 1974 [Act 149]; or

(d) is listed in the First Schedule of the Environmental Quality (Schedule Wastes) Regulations 1989 [P.U. (A) 139/89];

Statutory requirement in USECHH Regulation 2000 :

Please refer to the Guidelines for the Preparation of A Chemical Register endorsed by DOSH to fulfill the Chemical Register.