Status as of today: no known cases.

Seminary Clinic

If you have flu-like symptoms, please call and set an appointment before visiting the Clinic.

Clinic Hours

• Monday, 9am–5pm
• Tuesday–Friday, Noon–6pm

The regular flu vaccine is now available. Please setup an appointment in the clinic. Please call 897-4497 to schedule an appointment.

We will update this page when the H1N1 vaccine is available in the clinic.

H1N1 Response and Prevention Check List

If I live in the dorms and have flu-like illness, what should I do?

• Dormitory residents with flu-like illness who can easily travel home should do so.
• Isolate yourself.  Those with flu-like illness should stay away from classes and limit interactions with other people (called “self-isolation”), except to seek medical care, for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever, or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medicines.
• Contact Mr. Lawrence Smith, Dean of Students at 897-4015.  Mr. Smith can assist in coordinating alternate housing and meals.
• Students with a private room should remain in their room and receive care and meals from a single person. Students can establish a “flu buddy scheme” in which students pair up to care for each other if one or the other becomes ill. Additionally, staff can make daily contact by e-mail, text messaging, phone calls, or other methods with each student who is in self-isolation.
• If close contact with others cannot be avoided, please wear a surgical mask during the period of contact.  Masks are available in the Seminary Clinic and in the Seminary Safety and Security Office.
• For those who cannot leave campus, and who do not have a private room, we may ask you to relocate to alternate campus housing that provides better isolation from other students.
• If you want to visit the Seminary Clinic, please call ahead (897-4497) so that an isolation room can be ready.

If I am a student, faculty, or staff member that lives off campus, what should I do?

• Isolate yourself. Non-residential students, faculty, and staff with flu-like illness should remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever, or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medicines.

Prevention

• Hand sanitizer dispensers are located in numerous public areas around campus.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
• If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick.
• Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs.
• Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.
• Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.

Routine cleaning

• Establish regular schedules for frequent cleaning of high-touch surfaces (for example, bathrooms, doorknobs, elevator buttons, and tables).  Disinfectant wipes will be provided for each office.  Offices should wipe down high-touch surfaces daily.  Housekeeping staff will wipe down common areas.
• RA’s and Student Housing will have disinfectant wipes for use by dormitory residents.

April 2009 inside.sbts.edu — Guidelines for prevention

Students should take precautionary measures against H1N1

By Jeff Robinson

A severe strain of the flu known as H1N1 will pose a serious threat across the country this coming flu season and seminary administration is asking students to take precautionary measures to guard against this aggressive form of the flu.

Students should seek vaccination for H1N1 through their primary medical care provider as soon as it becomes available. Anyone suffering from the flu is asked to contact the seminary clinic at 897-4497 so the seminary can monitor any spread of the flu among the seminary community.

Vaccination for the general flu will be available at the seminary clinic and students are urged to get the vaccination shots for their entire families. Vaccine for the general flu is not effective against H1N1. A vaccine for H1N1 is projected to be available in December.

Simple steps may be taken to prevent the flu, including: covering your nose and mouth when sneezing, washing your hands frequently and using hand sanitizer frequently. For more information on H1N1 flu, including symptoms, please visit the Center for Disease Control. Southern Seminary will be following CDC guidelines in response to H1N1.

The seminary is taking several steps to prevent the spread of the flu, including:

• Placing hand sanitizer in numerous public areas around campus.
• Making masks available for those who have contracted the flu or who have flu-like symptoms. Masks are available in the seminary clinic and in the seminary security office.
• Making special accommodations for students suffering from the flu. Please contact the seminary clinic for details.

Flu information for Kentucky

Kentucky Health Alerts (http://healthalerts.ky.gov/) is a one-stop site linking Kentuckians to the latest state and federal information on health threats.

What can you do to prevent the flu?

Take the following precautions

As recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

• Get an annual seasonal flu vaccine, as well as the H1N1 vaccine, when it becomes available.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or your elbow, not your hands, when you sneeze or cough. Throw tissues in the trash after you use them.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

Know the symptoms

The symptoms of novel H1N1 flu virus in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with novel H1N1 flu virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting.

For general information about prevention, symptoms and treatment, visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm

For specific information from the CDC concerning the response of Institutions of higher education to H1N1 influenza please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/institutions/guidance/

What do I do if I have symptoms?

If you think you have flu symptoms, avoid contact with others and seek medical attention promptly. For an overview of symptoms, please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/sick.htm

For information on caring for someone in your family with symptoms, please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance_homecare.htm