Answer by labsupport on question Lab equipment database
- Many schools have set up their own inventory system using MS Excel and MS Access programs,
- some have also added bar codes to their systems to enable easy stocktakes.
- Some schools are developing school-wide intra-net options for whole school inventories.
- many schools use one Excel spreadsheet for equipment and another for chemicals, which allows sorting of entries such as equipment location or chemical DG class.
- Some keep an Excel database of commonly ordered practical activities i.e., name of activity, equipment/chemicals required and their location if stored as a kit.
- Some schools use RiskAssess for ordering equipment and archiving information regarding activities.
- For chemicals, some schools use chemical management systems, such as ChemAlert or Chemwatch and
- some government school sectors have templates. For example: https://education.qld.gov.au/initiatives-and-strategies/health-and-wellb...
- Laboratory Stock Controller*: http://shop.omegascientific.com.au/index.php?route=product/product&produ...
- SciList: School Science Department Stock Management System*: http://www.carobcom.com/scilist.htm