You may have seen the term ‘SDS’ or, more accurately, MSDS, while looking for products such as pool chemicals, high grade cleaners like bleach disinfectants, or even possibly hazardous building materials.
Important, please note:
- It’s important that you to access an SDS document or an MSDS if you are planning to purchase a potentially hazardous substance.
- An SDS is a Safety Data Sheet or a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) must by Australian law be supplied for the correct handling, transportation and disposal of potentially hazardous materials.
- The SDS document will detail any known hazards that a particular product may cause relating to health, fire, environmental and reactivity, and how to correctly and safely mitigate those hazards.
Your documentation will detail exactly:
- What a specific material or chemical is designed to be used for.
- Where it has been manufactured.
- What type of hazardous classification it has.
For example - Hospital grade disinfectant bleach is considered to be a corrosive substance and a poison. The relevant MSDS document details what safety warning should be clearly defined on the product and how it interacts with other substances. It also clearly shows exactly what chemicals have been included in the product’s overall make up.
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