What is SciShield?
is a web-based safety management platform that streamlines health and safety compliance efforts by allowing laboratory personnel and EHS to manage safety through a single portal. It assists in meeting regulations and standards of care by providing a centralized repository for health and safety documentation.
- Listing of lab hazards, space use, and personnel
- Institutional training, and health and safety plan repository
- Chemical safety data sheet and inventory management tool
- Institutional committee approval documentation
- Safety signage management tool
- Safety inspection management tool
New to USG, so need to set up your program’s page?
Whether your program’s laboratories have recognized hazards or not, a SciShield page needs to be created and maintained to support safety and operational efforts. The following are the basic steps to getting started:
- Let us know what laboratories you will be using.
- Discuss the activities you will be conducting in regards to hazardous materials or equipment.
- Provide a list of laboratory personnel (director, professors, and TAs or GAs).
- A program page will be created by EHS from this information.
- Respond to SciShield emails and complete a few basic follow-up actions – setting a password, inputting laboratory information, certifying hazards and activities.
Logging into SciShield?
The log-in page for has two options:
- Affiliated with UMCP, select “Please enter your UMD ID and password to log-in”.
- Affiliated with another Maryland university, select “(Click here for other access methods)”.
Need to Reset Your Password?
If you need to reset your password, you can do so using this .