# Equipment

## Find equipment available to you

Open **Equipment → My Equipment**. The page explains that it includes equipment you can access directly and equipment recorded for a lab or space you are assigned to.

![My Equipment list with audit expiration and pagination](assets/screenshots/equipment.jpg)

The captured account has 34 results, with 25 shown on the first page. Use the numbered pages, **next**, or **last** to inspect the remaining results.

| Column | Use |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Identify the category, such as freezer, hood, or biosafety cabinet |
| Manufacturer / Model | Distinguish similar assets |
| Serial Number | Open the equipment detail record |
| Building / Room # | Confirm physical location |
| Audit Expiration | Identify recorded audit deadlines or missing applicability |

**Type**, **Manufacturer**, and **Audit Expiration** are sortable in the inspected list. A lab's profile also has an **Equipment** tab, and its dashboard includes an equipment summary.

## Inspect an asset

Select the serial number. Check identity and location before using the record for follow-up.

![Equipment detail record with notes, documentation, and audit reports](assets/screenshots/equipment-detail.jpg)

The inspected freezer record contains:

- **Equipment Details:** serial number, manufacturer, model, configuration, temperature, and liquid nitrogen usage.
- **Location & Owner:** building, room, and labs using the asset.
- **Additional Information:** asset tag, status, and additional details.
- **Notes on this equipment:** note titles, submitters, and dates.
- **Documentation:** attached files, or an explicit empty state.
- **Audit Reports:** audit type, last completed, and next due.

Fields vary by equipment type. The freezer's details should not be assumed to be the form for a laser or radiation device.

## Review audit status

Use **Audit Expiration** in the list and **Audit Reports** in the detail record together. Some rows show **N/A**, while others have dated expirations. One captured biosafety cabinet is explicitly **Out of Service**. An asset's presence in the list does not establish that it is available for use.

The lab's **Requirements** page provides equipment-specific requirements such as calibration, certification, and tests, including the asset to which each applies. See [Compliance dashboard](compliance.md).

## Request a correction

If the model, serial number, location, status, or audit history appears wrong, record the asset identity and contact the responsible lab or equipment/compliance staff. Asset creation, editing, service status changes, audit submission, and document uploads were not exercised or verified for this account.

Related: [Labs, members, and spaces](labs.md), [Inspections](inspections.md).