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Create your own OSHA-compliant Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) in GHS format. Press a button and watch the SDS appear as an editable word processing document!

For the price that a consultant might charge to produce one or two SDSs, you can have your own SDS generator for all of your products. Included with the program is a generator for OSHA-mandated GHS labels. Also available as an option is the Inventory and Production Manager, for preparing batches, maintaining raw material and product inventories, and more.


Why use SDScribe™?

 

Affordable

  • One-time purchase with optional annual upgrades
  • Prepare an unlimited number of SDSs, with no per-page or per-SDS charges.

Easy to use

  • Organized just like an SDS, with tabs that represent the individual sections and sub-sections of the SDS
  • Streamlined interface with color field titles to indicate the most important items to enter

Versatile

  • Select from multiple GHS versions for hazard classification, including UN versions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9; US-OSHA; Canada WHMIS/WHMIS-22; EU-REACH; and GB (UK-REACH).
  • Includes the proposed US-OSHA 21 GHS version.
  • If you change GHS versions on an SDS, the program converts classifications, hazard statements, etc., where possible.
  • Includes the UFI number (for EU-based poison control centers) and the REACH registration numbers (both for EU and UK)
  • Add GHS hazards to an SDS from more than one GHS revision (e.g., add environmental hazards to a US-OSHA SDS).
  • Select either the UN or EU-ECHA format for each SDS.
  • Offers unlimited levels of mixture components when you add an ingredient that is itself a mixture. The Formulator automatically separates mixtures into individual components, and adds the amounts together in the SDS Composition section.
  • Going green or otherwise changing product formulations frequently? Vary ingredients and concentrations to see the effect on product hazard recommendations.
  • Maintains both the raw data and the completed SDS within each SDS record.
  • Create your own column-type or crosstab reports, or print directly using provided report templates. Save report templates as files on disk.
  • Internet access unnecessary to generate SDSs. Your proprietary information stays on your workstation.

Compatible

  • Import or export ingredients between the SDS component table and a spreadsheet.
  • Print to PDF if you have a Windows PDF driver installed. Or print directly to paper.
  • Export the SDS to a dedicated word processing program in formats like MS Word and Rich Text (RTF).

Editable SDS

  • Press the Build SDS button to generate the SDS as an editable word processing document. It appears in a full-featured word processing area on the form.
  • Build options allow you to experiment with different fonts, colors, section headers, and other features.
  • Insert your company logo.
  • The generated SDS uses MS Word-compatible style sheets, to help you match the SDS to your letterhead and other company documents.

Starter templates

  • Suggestion-filled SDS starter templates are included for common product types such as cleaners, paints, etc.
  • When you create a new SDS, you can select a template that is similar to your product type.
  • Templates have text already completed in many sections, which you can then edit specifically for your product.
  • Create your own templates, or edit the ones we provide.

Stock phrases

  • A palette of stock phrases is at your fingertips, for inserting "boilerplate" text relevant to the location you are editing (first aid assistance, firefighting methods, etc.).
  • You can create your own stock phrases for the palette, including in non-English languages. The program recognizes whether you are pasting the phrase into an English or a non-English field.

Labels

  • Generate GHS-compliant container labels for your products, in a choice of label sizes/configurations.
  • Labels include GHS hazard statements, precautionary statements, and pictograms.
  • Add an ingredient list if desired.
  • Add California Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) warnings, using the updated format.
  • The generated label appears in a full-featured word processing area, for customization, printing, and/or exporting to a dedicated word processing program.
  • FDA Drug Facts labels for your OTC drug or drug-cosmetic products (requires an optional license).

Chemical dictionary

  • Over 170,000 chemicals are listed, including:
    • California Prop. 65 chemicals
    • Canada DSL/NDSL substance lists
    • DOT hazmat transportation table
    • EC harmonised substances under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, updated to ATP 15
    • EC cosmetic ingredients (COSING): over 20,000 INCI, INN, and EU Pharmacopoeia names, under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009
    • EC Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) candidate list
    • EPA pesticide ingredients
    • EPA PFAS chemicals master list
    • EPA Safer Choice ingredients list of over 1000 chemicals
    • EPA TSCA public and confidential lists
    • EU List of Flavourings (FLAVIS)
    • Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Right to Know lists
    • OSHA, Cal/OSHA, EU/OSHA, and Australian exposure limits

  • Chemical dictionary additions and revisions are available periodically as imports included with program updates.
  • GHS classifications, hazard phrases, pictograms, and signal words are included for over 3,000 chemicals.
  • Exposure limits are available for over 700 chemicals.
  • A research drop-down menu takes you to locations on the web for finding physical and chemical properties, synonyms, hazards, etc.
  • Designate frequently-used chemicals as "My item", to reduce the number of choices when finding ingredients.
  • Duplicate chemicals and associate each with a different vendor for property variations or to maintain separate inventories.

Multi-language support

  • There are companion fields for English and a non-English language, so you can generate each SDS in English and one other language.
  • Built-in support for French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish SDSs*.
  • Generate SDSs in other languages by building custom translation groups within the program. A Polish sample is included.

  * An optional language license is required to generate a full non-English SDS (beyond the first two pages) for built-in languages.

Validation

  • A progress thermometer illustrates items completed versus the total available.
  • Click on the thermometer to view a list of individual items that may need to be completed or corrected.
  • Click on a listed item to go to that item on the SDS form.
  • The program warns you of missing or incorrect items when you click on the "Build" button to generate the SDS.

Support and guidance

  • The Suggestion report enables the program to recommend hazard classifications for your product, based upon the ingredients and their concentrations.
  • An omit analysis feature identifies ingredients you can consider omitting from the SDS.
  • A tour window introduces the SDS entry form, to familiarize you with the basic techniques of navigating and entering information.
  • An guide window takes you step-by-step through the process of creating an SDS. You can also obtain its advice on a particular area you've clicked into.
  • Entry areas, buttons, and other items display help tips when you hover the mouse pointer over them.
  • Brief videos (on some form tabs) demonstrate how to enter information.
  • Background help appears automatically in a separate window, unless you turn it off. You can also view background help in your web browser. (For SDS entry and in certain other program areas.)
  • One year of email support is included at no additional charge.

Inventory and Production Manager

  • Generate batch sheets for use on the production floor.
  • Prepare multiple batches linked to the original recipe.
  • Conduct knockout experiments, eliminating one ingredient at a time from the original recipe.
  • Automatically converts between weight and volume units, for both the ingredients and the batch itself.
  • Integrated with the Substances section (the chemical dictionary), a parts section, and other program areas.
  • Manages raw materials allocation and final product inventory.
  • Use the product recipe to create an SDS for the product.
  • An interactive guide helps you complete your first few batches.
  • An optional license is required to use the Inventory and Production Manager beyond the 30-day trial period.

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