The following procedures should be followed in the event a person has contracted an infectious disease:
- If the disease is a threat to others, try and quarantine the infected individual(s) in a safe location.
- If the individual’s situation is life threatening, call 911. Be sure to provide the following information:
- State your name.
- State the problem.
- State the name and location of infected individuals(s).
- Do not hang up the phone until the operator tells you to do so.
- Call the Office of Public Safety at 601.925.3204 and provide appropriate information.
- If the individual’s situation is not life threatening, call Student Health Services at 601.924.9005 and/or Student Affairs at 601.925.3809.
- State your name.
- State the problem.
- State the name and location of infected individual(s).
- Do not hang up the phone until instructed to do so.