{"id":101295,"date":"2016-09-09T16:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=101295"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:24:35","slug":"ehs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/admin\/research-systems\/ehs\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Health &#038; Safety Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>No charge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/bu.scishield.com\/' class='btn btn-blue btn-more'>Visit <span data-teams=\"true\">SciShield<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><span>Environmental Health &amp; Safety Management<\/span> is used by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/\">Environmental Health and Safety<\/a> (EHS) for management of enterprise safety, regulatory compliance, and training. This service, provided by SciShield (formerly BioRAFT) the EHS mission to provide a safe environment for students, employees, faculty, and staff as well as patients and others visiting our facilities, and to help ensure compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p><span>Environmental Health &amp; Safety Management<\/span> provides a comprehensive system for managing information about health and safety on campus, to promote the well-being of our community, and ensure compliance with BU policies and government regulations. As a comprehensive system, it reduces administrative burden for users including both researchers and EHS staff.<\/p>\n<h2>Modules<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Platform Module\n<ul>\n<li>Group and role management<\/li>\n<li>Lab and researcher profiles<\/li>\n<li>Building management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Equipment Module\n<ul>\n<li>Organization of research and safety equipment<\/li>\n<li>Reports by equipment type, certification dates, and\u00a0space it resides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Inspections Module\n<ul>\n<li>Guide and document inspections performed by EHS<\/li>\n<li>Ability to perform self-inspections of spaces<\/li>\n<li>Manage follow up actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Training Module\n<ul>\n<li>Access to all EHS trainings<\/li>\n<li>Training compliance management within <span data-teams=\"true\">SciShield<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Radioisotope Module\n<ul>\n<li>Manage information about authorization to use radioisotopes<\/li>\n<li>Manage Radioisotope inventory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chemical Module\n<ul>\n<li>Manage laboratory chemical inventory<\/li>\n<li>Online access to Safety Data Sheets (SDS) in <span data-teams=\"true\">SciShield<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>This service normally will be available 24 by 7 except for <span>Environmental Health &amp; Safety Management&#8217;s<\/span> weekly maintenance window, Wednesday night beginning at 10:00 PM Eastern Time to Thursday morning at 6:00 AM Eastern Time.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BU login name and Kerberos password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>Log in to your <span data-teams=\"true\">SciShield<\/span> profile using the following link: <span data-teams=\"true\"><a aria-label=\"Link https:\/\/bu.scishield.com\/\" id=\"menur20c\" href=\"https:\/\/bu.scishield.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/bu.scishield.com\/\">bu.scishield.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Any issues with logging in contact EHS via email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:oehs@bu.edu\">oehs@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Management of enterprise safety, regulatory compliance, and training. 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