Developing an In-House Application for Hazardous Chemicals Management

Abstract

In Europe, unaligned regulatory requirements between the EU and member states often require that researchers and educators undertake additional labor intensive activities to ensure that the institutions where they work do not fall short of meeting both requirements. Because manually introducing information piecemeal from thousands of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) into other required lists is labor intensive, this project provides a stand-alone application that can populate the required information within minutes and be easily used by any employee. Though the application is currently limited to the Romanian language and there are certain improvements that can be addressed within the script, as it stands, the application can fulfill its purpose.