The department Health and Safety regulations require certain steps to be followed for handling chemicals. This page provides a workflow.  Chemicals to be used in our laboratories must be supervised by a PhD student. Where possible, every student must be initiated into the chemical safety by a PhD student.

1. Read and Understand the department Health Safety Environment Policy.
2. Search for the chemical Safety information--MSDS--(in the department website) or in the web. 
3. Take necessary precautions required to handle the chemical (like protective equipment).
4. Search for the chemical availability in department database.  Somebody maybe able to lend you.
5. Procure the chemical through the normal indent/purchase process.
6. Add the chemical to the department database
   1. If MSDS is already available use it.
   2. If MSDS is not available, download, read and add the important information.
   3. Add the chemical inventory to department database.
   4. Take a printout of Inventory data entered from the web and attach it with the Bill/Invoice to process in the Department Store. Puchase approval will be permitted only after the inventory is added.
7. Once every year, audit the chemicals available in your laboratory, by updating the quantity available.