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ATTENTION ALL FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN AND TRANSFER
STUDENTS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2010
The State of Texas passed a new law (HR 4189)
that requires ALL first-time freshmen and transfer
students who wish to live in campus residence halls
or apartments to have a vaccination against
bacterial meningitis. Certification from a health
care provider or department of state health services
evidencing that the student has been vaccinated must
be provided to Schreiner University at least ten
(10) days before moving into the residence hall.
There will be NO exceptions. |
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~~IMPORTANT~~
Requirements as of January 1, 2010
New Meningococcal Vaccine Requirement
New Health
Insurance Requirements
The Health & Wellness Center
is located
in the Mountaineer Fitness Center
[map]
CMB
6250, 2100 Memorial Blvd.
Kerrville, TX 78028-5697
phone: (830) 792-7279
* fax: (830) 792-7304
email: health@schreiner.edu
HOURS: 9 am - 5 pm
Monday - Friday (except holidays)
click
here for
INFLUENZA A (H1N1) ADVISORY
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SCHREINER UNIVERSITY
HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER
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FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: DIAL 911
(depending on your location, you may need to dial 9 for an
outside line) |
AFTER HOURS CARE
In the event of minor problems, care needs can be
discussed with your residence hall director or assistant. If the problem
requires medical intervention, you can call your personal doctor or the
doctor on call for:
Family Practice Associates at 830-896-4711
Boerne Acute Care Center at 830-249-9995
Kerrville Medical Express at 830-257-0199
Pain Care Clinics at 830-792-4805
Peterson Regional
Medical Center at 830-896-4200 |
FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: Dial 911
You
may need to dial 9 for an outside line depending on the phone you
are using.
Medical Emergencies include such life threatening conditions
as:
• Difficulty breathing
• Major injury
• Severe bleeding that won't stop
• Unconsciousness or drug overdose
• Convulsions that will not stop |
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In the event of minor illness or injury if
the Health and Wellness Center is closed:
Kerrville Medical Express (830-257-0199) is located at 228
Washington St. in Kerrville and is open seven days a week from 8am to
8pm.
The Franklin Clinic (830-792-5800) is located at 723 Hill Country
Drive, Suite C (corner of Hill Country Drive and South 16 across from
Albertson’s in Kerrville) and is open from 8am until 5:30pm Monday
through Friday and 8am until 2pm on Saturday (closed Sunday). As
a walk-in medical clinic for minor illness and injury, they can treat
sore throats and colds, ear infections and fevers, flu symptoms, sprains
and strains, minor lacerations, insect and animal bites, minor eye
injuries, rashes and minor burns. Testing includes lab tests, x-rays and
rapid strep screen.
On Sundays, please go to Peterson Regional
Medical Center (830-896-4200) located at 551 Hill Country Drive in
Kerrville.
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A
student asks: Why such an uproar over the Influenza A
(H1N1)? ....
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From the Director of Health and Wellness
To all Students, Staff & Faculty:
From what we are seeing in the Health and Wellness Center,
the flu can start our with mild cold like-symptoms and then
progress to other more severe symptoms with or without fever
- or, it can hit you hard from the beginning starting with
cough & fever! In planning for the
possibility of a pandemic influenza, Schreiner University is
developing guidelines for students, staff, faculty,
volunteers and their families based on recommendations of
the CDC and the American College Health Association
Guidelines.
Pandemic flu is a dangerous flu that causes a global outbreak or
pandemic of serious illness. Because there is little natural
immunity, the disease can spread easily from person to person...
...read more about influenza here.
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Memorial Blvd., Kerrville, Texas 78028
830.896.5411 or 800.343.4919 |
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