BioRAFT/SciShield
SciShield
(formerly known as BioRAFT)
SDSU Environment, Health and Safety is using SciShield (also known as BioRAFT), an enterprise software solution for lab safety management. SciShield provides researchers with easy access to their lab’s safety information and empowers researchers to have better visibility into their safety and compliance status.
SciShield will be used to manage lab spaces, lab members, lab safety documents, and to identify hazards.
If a lab member does not have an SDSU ID, complete the Temporary Account Form to request a temporary account.
Lab Registration
Existing labs are already registered within SciShield. Principal investigators (PI’s) logging into SciShield for the first time will be prompted to complete the General Lab Set-up Wizard. If your lab is not listed, spaces are incorrect, or you are a new PI, contact [email protected] to get started.
Video Tutorial
SciShield Setup Wizard: Video Tutorial
To watch the video tutorial, sign in using your SDSU email account credentials. You cannot review the tutorial if you are logging in from a non-institutional email account.
Guidance Documents
- General
- ChemTracker
- Hazardous Waste
- Inspections
FAQ
EH&S uses SciShield to manage spaces with research or other hazardous activities occurring within them: this can include spaces that are not traditionally considered “wet labs” such as computer labs and workshops. This is so we can monitor research activities for grants and progress metrics. If you do not have any hazards in your area, you will be prompted once per year to recertify that you have not changed the nature or scope of your research. This process should take no more than 5 minutes per year.
PIs must maintain their own lab member list and add/remove personnel as needed. Please see instructions on adding/deleting personnel from a lab.
Lab hazards and personnel must be updated whenever new hazards or personnel are introduced to the lab, or at least annually.
ObservNow is a reporting tool to share any potential hazards, near misses, or positive observations to EH&S, especially as related to laboratory research. Observations can be reported anonymously if needed.
Try refreshing the page and only searching for the first few characters of the individual's last name. Multiple options should appear.
Some individuals have multiple email addresses. The one with 4 digits at the end of the handle are student email addresses. We recommend using the email address that the individual is most likely to check.
Each identified faculty/staff can be sent their own invitation and should have their own group (lab). Each PI will add their own students. Spaces can have multiple lab groups assigned to them. Students can also be assigned to multiple groups.
Training is connected to the individual (via email) and is valid whether or not they are in a group.
