The UA Campus Health Service wants to ensure that you have the resources you need to prepare for H1N1 (also known as swine flu) and seasonal influenza.
The following links include reliable information and flu prevention messages that you can download, print and post in highly trafficked areas of your building to help protect the health of our campus community.
If you become ill with flu symptoms, which are fever (over 100.0°F), cough, body aches, sore throat (and sometimes runny nose or vomiting and diarrhea):
If you live in a residence hall, notify the Community Resident Assistant or front office, or if you live in a sorority or fraternity, notify the House Director or Greek Health Advocate and isolate yourself in your room
Maintain a distance of six feet from your roommate(s) if possible
Cover your cough or sneeze with your sleeve and wear a surgical mask when your roommate is in the room
Wash your hands often with soap and water or an alcohol based hand sanitizer
Call the Campus Health Service (please call before coming in) if you have:
a fever of 102.5 or higher or you run a lower fever (fever is being defined as a body temperature of 100.0 or greater) for more than three days,
a severe cough, shortness of breath and/or chest pain,
- nausea and vomiting,
a severe headache or you feel you need to be seen at the clinic.
The phone number for the Campus Health Triage Nurse is 621-6493 or the After Hours On Call Provider at 570-7898.