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Preventive medicine services focus primarily on preventive health care including required and recommended vaccines, allergy shots, TB screening, prescription injection medications, and traveler's health.

The Preventive Medicine Program will administer injections when requested by a Student Health Services provider or an outside provider. The following criteria must be met in order to proceed with the injection.

Tuberculosis, also called TB, is an infection caused by a bacteria that commonly affects the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body. It is particularly common in some international countries. At SIU Carbondale, all incoming international students are required to have a TB screening. There are two different screening tests for TB infection which include PPD skin test and the Quantiferon Gold test, which is a blood sample. Your provider will decide which test is most appropriate for you.

We also provide this service to students who are required to have testing for certain school or employment reasons such as hospital or medical personnel, students in medically based programs, teachers/student teachers, etc.

Tuberculosis testing is performed in our Preventive Medicine Office and is by appointment only. PPD Skin testing is not performed on Thursdays as the test must be read in 48-72 hours which falls on the weekend when we are closed. If the test is not read in 48-72 hours it will need to be repeated.

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The goal of the Allergy Injection Program is to maintain a desensitization program for students who have been started on allergy injections by their private allergist. We do require that at least the initial injection be administered at the allergists office. Injections are by appointment only. Students requesting to continue on an established injection program must have their private allergist provide the following:

This information may be sent to:

Student Health Services Attention: Preventive Medicine Southern Illinois University Carbondale 374 E. Grand Avenue Carbondale, IL 62901

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Preventive Medicine | Student Health Center | SIU

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