Allergy Shots

The Student Health Service understands the importance of maintaining a consistent schedule for your allergy shots. Students may be able to receive their allergy shots here. Before you can schedule your first appointment, there are a few steps that must be completed.

What You Need to Do

• Student and their allergist complete all forms and return to the Student Health Service for review
• Our consulting allergist reviews, and approves or denies the shot schedules
• Your allergist’s office sends your vials via overnight shipping Monday-Thursday through either UPS or FedEx (vials sent via USPS cannot be accepted). Please notify the Health Service before vials are sent so we can ensure they are received in a timely manner
• Our consulting allergist verifies the vials and gives final approval
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Required Forms
All allergy shot forms must be updated by September 1 of every academic year.

• Student Agreement for Allergy Immunotherapy Administration signed by the student
• Referring Allergist Agreement signed by the referring allergist after they review both:
  • Student Health Service Allergy Clinic policies and procedures
  • Physician Management of Anaphylaxis and Systemic Reactions 

To complete or update these forms, please send them to your allergist to review and sign. We are not able to administer your allergy shots until both signed forms are received and we receive approval from our consulting allergist. Our office cannot sign forms from other allergy offices.

Mail or fax signed forms to:
Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service
633 Emerson Street
Evanston, Illinois 60208-4000
Fax: 847.491.5919
Attention: Allergy Nurse
 
Shipping Allergy Shots to Us
Your allergist’s office must overnight ship your allergy shots via UPS or FedEx. The package must be shipped so that it arrives between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm Central Time, Monday through Friday, and not on university holidays.

• Your allergist must ship the vials to:
  Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service
  Attention: Allergy Nurse
  633 Emerson Street
  ​​Evanston, IL 60208-4000
• The vials cannot be shipped by the student or their family.
• The vials cannot be hand-delivered by the student or their family.
• The vials must be shipped overnight by UPS or FedEx to be received next day during our business hours. Vials sent via USPS (US Postal Service) cannot be accepted because they cannot deliver to our location next day. Please notify the office when your allergist ships the vials so our nursing team can ensure they are received in a timely manner.
• For your safety, we cannot use allergy shots that are received more than one day after they are shipped by your allergist. For example, if your allergist ships the vials on Tuesday and we receive it any time after Wednesday, we cannot use the vials and will need new serum sent to us for your allergy shots.
• We store all allergy vials at 39.2 degrees F to 46.4 degrees F.
• When we ship allergy vials from our office, we do not use refrigerant or cold packs.​