| A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or Safety Data | | | | customers who are employers. This is called a |
| Sheet (SDS) is designed to provide both workers and | | | | "downstream flow" of information that assures that |
| emergency personnel with the proper procedures for | | | | each subsequent employer who receives the |
| handling or working with a particular substance. | | | | hazardous material is apprised of the hazards. |
| MSDS's include information such as physical data | | | | Companies which blend or mix chemicals comply with |
| (melting point, boiling point, flash point etc.), toxicity, | | | | the standard by transmitting the relevant label/MSDS |
| health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, | | | | for the components of their mixture (which they, in turn, |
| protective equipment, and spill/leak procedures. | | | | received in good faith from their suppliers) to their |
| Chemical manufacturers as well as process and | | | | downstream customers. |
| discrete manufacturers, are required to assess the | | | | Atrion is a leader in providing product compliance |
| hazards of chemical which they produce, import and | | | | solutions including high quality, outsourced Material |
| incorporate into a final products. They must provide | | | | Safety Data Sheets (MSDS / SDS) to assist |
| information to their employees about the hazardous | | | | companies in meeting their global regulatory |
| chemicals to which they are exposed, by means of a | | | | requirements. The company creates, analyzes, and |
| hazard communication program, labels and other forms | | | | manages globally compliant MSDS / SDSs, product |
| of warning, material safety data sheets (MSDS), and | | | | labels and support the creation of Chemical Safety |
| information and training. | | | | Reports for companies with the highest quality |
| Distributors and manufacturers are also required to | | | | standards. |
| transmit MSDS/ SDS and labeling information to their | | | | |