health center

Flu vaccination

The Carroll College Wellness Center offers the influenza vaccine. The flu shot is$15. The flu mist is offered for $20. You may pay at time of service or payment can be billed to student account.

Please call 447-5441 for available times.  Following Fall break there will be several flu shot clinics offered around campus.  Stay tuned for more info....

Is it a cold or the flu?

I have a cold...

Your coughing and sneezing, your nose is running even though it's so plugged up you can't breath through it, you sound like Elmer Fudd, your head hurts and your throat has seen better days.  OK, so you've caught the latest cold that is going aroung campus.  Now what?  Besides the always practical advice: wash your hands, drink plenty of fluids and get as much rest as you can (if only it were that easy); how do you know when it's time to take some medication and what is the best medication for your symptoms? Here is some helpful advice on what to take and when...
If your symptoms persist or worsen, you should probably see your health care provider or make an appointment at the Wellness Center.

Welcome to the Health Center

Services offered:
Under the supervision of an off-campus medical director, the Director of Health Services offers office hours for students when classes are in session. Services offered are:

• Consultation regarding medical problems
• Administration of allergy injections upon request
• Administration of MMR, tetanus, Hepatitis B, Meningococcoal, flu and pneumonia vaccines
• Mantoux (PPD)/tuberculosis screening, reubella and Hepatitis B titres
• Blood pressure and blood glucose screening
• Non-prescriptive treatment of ailments
• Various laboratory tests
• Maintenance of health records (in strict confidentiality)
• Referral to counseling and other local physicians or specialists

All health information will be held confidential within professional standards. If necessary, the Dean of Students, the Residence Hall Director, and/or the parents of students who are seriously ill or hospitalized will be notified. Also, residence hall assistants will be made aware of students on their floors who have disorders or conditions (ie. diabetes, or seizures) requiring medication, or other serious health problems.

Students should notify the Health Services of any significant changes in medical condition while a student at Carroll College.

HPV Vaccination

Gardasil is a new vaccine that helps protect against cervical cancer.  Gardasil is intended to prevent against four strains of human papillomavirus, or HPV.  HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States (about 20 million people are infected).  By the age of 50, nearly 80 percent of all men and women will have come in contact with the virus.  Most men and women pass the disease back and forth with out ever knowing they have the disease since you can carry the virus for a long period of time before manifesting symptoms.  HPV can lead not only to genital warts, but also to pre-cancerous lesions on the cervix, vulva and vagina that can lead to difficulty in childbearing or require expensive treatment, surgery and potentially hysterectomy.  For more information about Gardacil, check out the web site for the Centers for Disease Control.  Also, if you are interested in receiving the vaccination, it is now available at the Cooperative Health Center, 443-2584.  The vaccination is available for women only.

Weekly Clinic with Nurse Practitioner

A Nurse Practitioner, Denise Smigaj, FNP, is here every Tuesday afternoon (1:30-6 PM) to see students who may need further evaluations or prescriptions. Please call for an appointment, as her time tends to fill up FAST. Thanks!