Guidelines for care & Use of Dry Solvent Stills [Example]

4. Information Regarding Student First Aid and Medical Insurance
Please note that two first aid kits are located in the chemistry stockroom, room #110, underneath
the phone. This phone, # 4712, is for emergency use only. For minor emergencies (cuts, burns, minor eye
and skin injuries, etc.) please call Student Health Services 24 hours a day during the regular semester at
phone # 5218, but not at night during the summer sessions or during regular semester holiday periods.
During these periods, call Concentra Medical Center at 4410 Providence Lane, Suite I (off North Point
Boulevard), phone # 896-9999. Save 911 for more serious emergencies (breathing difficulties, deep
lacerations, broken bones, injuries from fires, etc.) or medical emergencies that fall outside the range of
operational hours with either Student Health Services or the Concentra Medical Center on North Point
Boulevard.
DO NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES in laboratories with constant exposure to chemical vapors,
especially organic solvent fumes. In addition to trapping chemical vapors and concentrating them between
the lenses and the eye and causing irritation, washing out your eyes is impossible. It is better to wear
prescription lenses for chemical lab work and cover them with Departmental “Wraparound‟ Safety Glasses
or full size goggles.
Teaching Assistants and Professors who witness minor student accidents should assist insofar as
they are able and then transport or otherwise accompany the individual to Student Health Services on the
ground floor of the Reynolds Gymnasium. More serious accidents may require transportation of the victim
to Concentra Medical Center at 4410 Providence Lane, Suite I (off North Point Blvd., phone # 896-9999).
A Chemistry Department accident report form must be completed for all Chemistry Department accidents.
Forms are located in the black filing cabinet in the stockroom # 110.
All undergraduate students should have health insurance before enrolling for classes. The following
information regarding student health insurance is provided by the University at:
http://www.wfu.edu/administration/fas/ar/student_health_insurance.html
“Wake Forest University is concerned that all students have adequate health insurance coverage. For
students not covered under a parent's health plan, we strongly suggest obtaining insurance coverage. A
Student Injury and Sickness Plan is available through Student Resources. A summary of the coverage and
benefits of this plan is available on their website at www.student-resources.net. Wake Forest does not offer
or sponsor any plan of insurance, and this link is provided so that you might make an informed choice. Each
student is urged to investigate available options and determine which health insurance company has a policy
best suited to their particular needs.” Contact Student Health Services (at phone # 5218) for any further
questions you may have regarding student health insurance options.
All graduate students are required to have health insurance before enrolling in classes. Information and
enrollment forms are located at the Graduate School website:
http://www2.wfubmc.edu/graduate/RChealth.html. Research students, either graduate or undergraduate,
who are officially paid by the university and have accidents should take a copy of the completed Chemistry
Department Accident Report form with them to the Human Resources Department in Reynolda Hall, room
# 21, phone # 4945, where they will fill out yet another form, the “First Report of Incident” form, with Ms.
Mimi Komos for insurance purposes.
Any research workers in the Department not formally enrolled and not being paid by the
University (i.e., visiting Post-Doctorates, students from other schools, etc.) are not automatically covered by
University insurance and are not eligible for worker‟s compensation claims. They are responsible for
obtaining their own medical insurance.
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