When you choose to view a specific product in DolphinRTK, this opens its Product Information page. This page shows the product's MSDS and various other recorded data, such as the product's ingredients, hazard information, locations where the product is used or stored, and more.
Unless your system is configured to show a "minimalistic" MSDS view, the Product Information page shows a number of buttons in the upper right, near its hazard information. Each button opens an area of the product's recorded data. See below for details on each area.
Note: Opening the Product Information page may cause another file or website to open in a separate window. This is an attachment (an additional file uploaded to supplement the product's data) set to open automatically whenever this product is opened. See Attachments below for details.
Regardless of whether the Product Information page shows a "minimalistic" view, its upper right corner shows a portion of the product's hazard information: either NFPA/HMIS pictograms or GHS signal word and pictograms, depending on which information is recorded for the product:
If the product has no recorded GHS signal word or pictograms: The product's hazard ratings are shown in a US NFPA pictogram (also known as NFPA 704 or a "fire diamond") and an HMIS pictogram ("color bar"). These ratings score the product's hazards in various areas from 0 (non-hazardous or barely hazardous) to 4 (extremely hazardous).
If a product has a recorded GHS signal word and/or GHS pictograms: These GHS classifications are shown, including one signal word and up to four pictograms. Mouse-over a pictogram to view its meaning.
Click the information (
) icon for details on the product's hazard information. This opens the Hazard Classifications display, which shows all of the product's recorded hazard information, including GHS signal words and pictograms and also classifications from other systems. A full description is given for each pictogram, code, and term. Any recorded NFPA and HMIS hazard ratings are also shown here.
If you have permission to edit a product's hazard classifications or ratings, see the following topics for details:
This area is the default initial view when you open a product, and shows the product's MSDS (material safety data sheet) revision. The product may have this document in a number of formats, but if a .TXT format is available, this file is displayed by default. The .TXT file may include an MSDS Table of Contents showing a list of the MSDS's sections; click one to jump to that section in the displayed text.
If the product has other MSDS revisions or file formats in your system, one or both of the following buttons appear in the upper left:
View other MSDS Revisions: Click to open the MSDS Revision History, which shows other revisions of this product; these are products with the same common name and manufacturer, but different revision dates. This display includes each revision's File Number, MSDS Revision Date, archive date (for archived revisions only), and two View Options:
View MSDS: Click to view the revision's MSDS within the current Product Information page.
View Product Window: Click to open the revision's own Product Information page in a new window.
View other MSDS Formats: Click to see all available file formats of this MSDS revision. Click a format to view it.
To print an MSDS, see Printing an MSDS.
If you have permission to edit a product's MSDS, see the following topics for details:
This area shows the product's basic identification, user-defined field data, bar-codes, physical characteristics, and other details.
In addition to the product's common name and manufacturer contact information, you may see any or all of the following data:
Also known as: Synonyms (alternate names) for the product.
Other Information: Additional product information entered in user-defined fields.
Internal ID: A code name or ID number that identifies this product (or this revision of this product) within your company or facility.
Bar-codes: The product's associated bar-codes. Each code is displayed under its type (example: UPC).
Primary CAS: Typically, the CAS number of the most prominent ingredient in the product's chemical composition.
Language: The language in which the product's MSDS is written.
Format: The format of the product's MSDS.
File Number: The unique identifying file number of this revision of the product.
Physical State: The physical state of the product at room temperature: Solid, Liquid, or Gas.
Specific Gravity: Ratio of the product's density to the density of water (for liquids and solids) or air (for gases).
Flash Point: The lowest temperature at which the product gives off an ignitable vapor.
Density: The product's mass per unit volume.
Vapor Density: Ratio of the density of any vapor released by the product to the density of air or hydrogen.
VOC: Proportion of the product's chemical makeup that qualifies as one or more volatile organic compounds.
If you have permission to edit this data, see the following topics for details:
This area shows the locations where the product is currently used or stored. Any locations where the product was formerly used are also displayed.
The product's location assignments are shown in the following columns:
Location: The name of each assigned location, including its position in the location tree. Levels of the tree are separated by slashes. (Example: Lab Building / Research Wing / Room 234)
Date in use: The date when the product came into use at each location.
Date out of use: The date when the product fell out of use at each location, where applicable. (Location assignments with no "Date out of use" are active assignments. Location assignments with a "Date out of use" are considered inactive and are displayed in gray, separate from the active assignments.)
If you have permission to edit this data, see the following topic for details:
This area shows the product's chemical ingredients. Below its name, each ingredient shows the following information:
CAS Number: The ID number assigned to this chemical substance by the Chemical Abstracts Service.
Additional Note: Any extra information entered for this ingredient.
Percentage: The ingredient's amount within the product, typically expressed as a percentage of the product's total composition.
List Match: (Requires access to list matching information.) The regulatory lists that cite the ingredient. Click [Expand List Match] in the upper right to see greater detail on each list's citation of each ingredient; click [Collapse List Match] to return to the summary view.
If you have permission to edit this data, see the following topic for details:
This area shows indicators of the product's various dangers and cautions. These indicators may include any or all of the following:
Signal word: A word appropriate to the product's level of toxicity. From slightly toxic to most toxic: Caution, Warning, Danger.
Reactive with: Any substances/conditions with which the product is chemically reactive.
Pictograms: Symbols from US and/or Canadian regulatory standards indicating product dangers or required safety equipment.
Storage: Temperature range in which the product must be stored.
Notes: Any additional notes relevant to the product's cautions.
Hazards: One or more common hazards that apply to the product.
Target Organs: The human organs and/or biological systems most susceptible to harm from the product's hazards.
If you have permission to edit this data, see the following topic for details:
This area shows the product's attachments—extra files and links that supplement the product's data. While one or some of a product's attachments may be set to automatically open when you open the Product Information page, this page shows all of the product's attachments. Click one to open it in a new window.
If you have permission to edit this data, see the following topic for details:
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