Cornerstone University Health Services

 

In Health Services we seek to enable each student to continue their Christ-centered higher education by learning stewardship of body, mind and spirit; and by providing quality professional health care to assist in learning self-care and injury/illness prevention.

H1N1 Vaccine Information (Updated 3/1/10):

 

Health Services has several doses of the H1N1 injectible vaccine left.

 

If you are a Cornerstone University, student, student spouse, employee or employee spouse, who interested in receiving the vaccine, please call Health Services at 616.222.1441 (option 3) to schedule an vaccination appointment.  

 

 

 

.H1N1 Influenza Information


 In response to the threat posed by H1N1, Cornerstone University Health Services staff as well as other members of the campus community worked last summer and fall to develop an H1N1 response plan. The three goals of this plan are to educate our community about the H1N1 virus, limit the spread of influenza-like illnesses and insure that students who contract influenza-like illnesses receive the best possible medical care. 

Here is what we have done and are currently doing on campus to meet these three goals:

Through posters, peer education, fact sheets and electronic publications, we are educating the campus about the H1N1 virus, providing methods for preventing the spread of influenza-like illnesses, encouraging all campus community members to be vaccinated for both the H1N1 and seasonal flu viruses and exhorting ill students and employees to stay away from campus.

Foodservice has added waterless hand sanitizer stations to the cafeteria line.

In accordance with CDC guidelines and our desire to see students treated as soon as possible we are responding to all students exhibiting influenza-like symptoms with the same policies and procedures. Flulike symptoms as defined by the Centers for Disease Control are fever, chills, cough, sore throat, headache, runny or stuffy nose, fatigue and sometimes diarrhea & vomiting.

We are encouraging all faculty and staff to identify and refer students who are exhibiting any influenza-like symptoms to Health Services for an evaluation.

We are strongly recommending all students who exhibit influenza-like symptoms to leave campus and either return home or to another off-campus location until they are symptom free for 24 hours. We are choosing this course of action because we believe that students can be best served through healthcare provided by their primary care physicians and families. We ask that residential students develop a plan their parents, other family members and/or friends to identify where they will go if they contract a influenza-like illness during this academic year.

We are requiring students with influenza-like illness who choose to remain on campus to notify their Resident Director and isolate themselves in their room, maintaining a 6’ distance from their roommates and other students, per CDC guidelines. These students are being required to call Health Services if their symptoms worsen. Community Life staff will assist the isolated student with getting meals and other requests.

Roommates of isolated students are being encouraged to either move home, move-in with an on or off campus friend, or maintain a distance of 6’ from their roommate until they are symptom free for 24 hours. Roommates are being encouraged to discuss these options with their Resident Director as soon as they are aware that their roommate is sick and choosing to remain on campus.

Students who miss class due to influenza-like illness will receive accommodation and assistance from their professors as outlined in the student handbook, academic catalogue and the course syllabus. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate their absence to their faculty members. Faculty members have been encouraged to waive or reduce penalties for missing class due to influenza-like illnesses.