Material Arrival
- Deliveries are made ONLY to the address indicated on the university’s DEA License:
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
LIFE SCIENCES COMPLEX - WASHINGTON RD
DELIVERIES TO LEWIS THOMAS LAB
PRINCETON, NJ, 08540-6405 - Items are tracked during delivery and EHS notifies the Dept. Office and central receiving of delivery status
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
- EHS is notified by receiving staff when the items arrive
- EHS personnel receive the material upon arrival
- CDS is entered into the University CDS Inventory
- Unique Vial ID No. are assigned to each vial
- Controlled Substance Use Log (see sample log in 'Resources')
- Use log is to be used by lab staff to track the use of CDS from initial use to container completion
- Destructions can be requested
- Destruction only to be conducted through EHS
- Return a copy of the log to EHS when material is used up or destroyed (EHS)
- Use log is to be used by lab staff to track the use of CDS from initial use to container completion
- EHS delivers material to the campus laboratory location
- Lab staff sign the Controlled Substance Receipt Record chain of custody to document receipt (see sample chain of custody in 'Resources')
- CDS materials are immediately secured in EHS approved lock-box
Inventory and Accounting
- Biennial physical inventory verifications are conducted in June of odd numbered years.
- DEA Regulation states, “After the initial inventory is taken, the registrant shall take a new inventory of all stocks of controlled substances on hand at least every two years.”
- “The biennial inventory may be taken on any date which is within two years of the previous biennial inventory date.”
- EHS will formally request that each lab conduct a semiannual review using the PeopleSoft inventory.
- Lab personnel review the CDS inventory and report any discrepancy noted directly to EHS
- EHS will confirm the change and adjust the ‘working inventory.’