COVID-19 and Influenza: Keeping Healthy and Safe
Preventing communicable disease is critical to a healthy and safe campus. Symptoms of concern include fever, muscle aches, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, cough, headache, and rash. Stay home if you are sick, inform your instructors if you are absent from class, and contact the Student Health Center at 714-714-7705 or your healthcare provider for a medical evaluation.
COVID-19 is very contagious and continues to circulate in Orange County. The Student Health Center has free at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. If you test positive for COVID-19, take the following safety measures to help keep yourself and others safe:
- See a healthcare provider if you have symptoms to determine treatment options.
- Isolate for 5 days, Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms started or following your positive COVID test.
- Wear a well-fitting surgical mask or respirator (N95, KN95, KF94) around others indoors for 10 days.
- Inform your contacts and take precautions such as:
- Do not travel.
- Wash your hands often.
- Cover coughs and sneezes and wash your hands immediately after.
- Use a separate bathroom at home.
- Disinfect “high touch” surfaces at least once a day.
- Improve ventilation at home.
- Do not share household items such as dishes, utensils, and towels.
- Monitor your symptoms and call 911 immediately if you have:
- Difficulty breathing.
- Pressure or pain in your chest.
- Bluish or grayish lips, face, or nails.
- Confusion or difficulty waking.
The Student Health Center will be offering free flu vaccine to OCC students. Supplies are extremely limited and will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. Appointments are required, call us at 714-714-7705 to schedule your flu vaccination.
Medical and Mental Health in-person and telehealth appointments and referrals are available in the Student Health Center for enrolled students. To book an appointment for short-term therapy, call 714-714-7715.
After Hours Resources: https://orangecoastcollege.edu/services-support/student-health/after-hours.html
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As of June 1, 2023, the student requirement to report positive COVID-19 testing has ended.
Stay home if you are sick, inform your instructors if you are absent from class, and contact the Student Health Center at 714-714-7705 or your healthcare provider for a medical evaluation. It is your responsibility to contact your professors and ask for accommodation if needed.
If you test positive for COVID-19, take the following safety measures to help keep yourself and others safe:
- See a healthcare provider if you have symptoms to determine treatment options.
- Isolate for 5 days, Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms started or following your positive COVID test.
- Wear a well-fitting surgical mask or respirator (N95, KN95, KF94) around others indoors for 10 days.
- Inform your contacts and take precautions such as:
- Do not travel.
- Wash your hands often.
- Cover coughs and sneezes and wash your hands immediately after.
- Use a separate bathroom at home.
- Disinfect “high touch” surfaces at least once a day.
- Improve ventilation at home.
- Do not share household items such as dishes, utensils, and towels.
- Monitor your symptoms and call 911 immediately if you have:
- Difficulty breathing.
- Pressure or pain in your chest.
- Bluish or grayish lips, face, or nails.
- Confusion or difficulty waking.
Urgent Care Clinics
(Call to confirm hours and insurance accepted)
- 3195 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa
- (714) 263-0227
- Everyday 9 am to 7 pm
- *accepts Aetna for OCC International Students
- 1421 W MacArthur Blvd, #E, Santa Ana
- (714) 710-3030
- Everyday 9 am to 7 pm
- *accepts Aetna for OCC International Students
- 9122 Adams Ave, Huntington Beach
- Monday through Friday from 9 am to 9 pm
- Weekends, Holidays 9 am to 5 pm
- *accepts Aetna for OCC International Students
- 17762 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach
- Monday through Friday from 9 am to 9 pm
- Weekends, Holidays 9 am to 5 pm
- *accepts Aetna for OCC International Students
Hospitals (24/7 Emergencies)