Our Services
We provide FREE care to ALL students, both graduate and undergraduate, residential and commuter.
NO APPOINTMENTS are necessary except for special clinic offerings and pre-employment physicals.
Services and products provided at no charge include:
- Diagnosis and treatment of common psychiatric disorders
- Diagnosis and treatment of common ambulatory illnesses
- Evaluation and treatment of injuries
- Allergy injections
- HIV counseling and referral for testing
- STD screening
- Condoms
- General health counseling
- Date rape consultation
WOMEN'S CLINIC
The following services are provided as part of our women's services:
- Birth control pills
- FREE pregnancy testing
- Emergency contraception ("morning-after pills")
- Gynecological exams
- Pap testing
- Breast exams
- STD screening
- Treatment for urinary track infections (UTI)
MEN'S CLINIC
The following services are provided as part of our Men's Clinic:
- Testicular exams
- STD screening
IMMUNIZATIONS
We provide immunizations for students. Please call 732-571-3464 for the latest fee schedule.
- MMR: measles, mumps, and rubella
- PPD: TB testing
- Hepatitis B
- Tetanus
- Meningitis: Offered once a year through an immunization drive
- Flu: Offered once a year through an immunization drive
PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICALS
Pre-employment physicals are offered at Health Services for a nominal charge.
SUBSTANCE AWARENESS PROGRAM
On-site drug and alcohol evaluations are conducted in addition to a number of preventive health education programs. Call the Office of Substance Awareness at 732-263-5804 for more information.
TRANSPORTATION
Health Services will provide, within reasonable distance and circumstance, transportation to outside health providers for illnesses/injuries that are beyond the scope of services of the Health Center.
PRESCRIPTIONS AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
Students are responsible for costs incurred for prescriptions, laboratory testing, diagnostic exams, and referrals for special services. "Starter drug doses" are provided free of charge based on formulary availability.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY
All consultations, examinations, and counseling are strictly private and confidential.
ALLERGY INJECTIONS
Allergy injections are given in Health Services as a special service to students. Students may come at any time during normal clinic hours for their allergy injections. There is no fee for this service.
Please follow the guidelines below for participating in our allergy injection program:
- Students are responsible for bringing in the allergy medication and documentation at the beginning of the semester.
- Serum will be kept at the Health Center in a regulated refrigerator and must be picked up by the student at the end of each semester.
- All allergy vials must be clearly marked with the student's name, contents, and expiration date.
- Single dose vials will not be administered.
- Sera will not be combined in a single syringe.
- First dose out of a new vial must be given by the student's private allergist.
Documentation from the student's allergist must include:
- Clear, legible instructions on physician office letterhead or documentation sheet
- Physician's name and phone number
- Written instructions including dosage adjustment orders for local reactions and missed doses
Students are to inform the clinical staff of the following before an injection is administered:
- Current medications, especially beta-blockers
- Cold or allergy symptoms including any current illness, fever, or wheezing
- Prolonged or delayed reaction from previous injection
- Pregnancy
After receiving an injection, students must wait at least 20 minutes at the Health Center and be reevaluated by a clinician prior to discharge.
