Get your allergy injections at health services
If you receive regular allergy injections, Calvin's health services can administer them while you are at college.
Before you come to health services
Before coming to health services, please be sure you have the following information from your allergist:
- Allergy serum
- Injection schedule
It's your responsibility to bring serum to Health Services and pick it up prior to summer and holiday breaks.
You are strongly encouraged to contact your insurance provider prior to your first visit to verify that allergy services at the Health Center will be covered under your plan.
What to expect
- Serum is to be kept in health services' refrigerator.
- A college physician must be present at health services when injections are administered.
- Initial allergy injections must be done in your allergist's office because of the increased possibility of an allergic reaction (this does not apply to increased concentrations; only to new allergens).
- The nurse will follow physician's orders as outlined on your schedule. If a question or problem arises, the prescribing physician will be contacted before administration of serum.
- Should an adverse reaction occur, the medical course of action will be determined by campus MD. Information about the event and management thereof will be faxed or phoned to your prescribing physician before any further injections will be administered.
- When additional serum is needed, your schedule will be faxed to your prescribing physician to arrange for reordering and shipping of new vaccine.
- You must wait 30 minutes in Health Services after injection and have your arm checked by a nurse before leaving.
