The following requirements are mandated by the clinical site and are important for our commitment to public safety including personal safety from exposure to potential disease during clinical work.
Student is responsible for meeting all requirements for Clinical Requirement Clearance prior to the first day of clinical.
Deadline for Clinical Requirement Clearance: One week before the start of Clinical Rotation or the due date posted within the syllabus. Please allow plenty of time to get all requirements completed and reviewed.
Students may complete health requirements with their own health care provider through their insurance, OR at a clinic of their choice, OR through Northwest Community Healthcare Care Center (NCH) at Harper College.
All Health Requirements are uploaded into Complio for tracking. Complio manages health clearance for students in Health Careers clinical programs. Any questions or problems with Complio, please call at 800.200.0853.
All medical records and requirements must be uploaded, reviewed and cleared by Complio before a student can attend a clinical rotation. You will need to choose a program of study, this will be Surgical Technology: for both the Surgical Technology and Sterile Processing and Distribution programs. Sign all student forms on Complio, including the Covid-19 Waiver.
If you have previously been registered in another Harper College healthcare program and had a Complio subscription you can switch your subscription to Surgical Technology and your previous health requirements will move over as well.
Please note: All requirements must be uploaded to your Complio account. THEN you need to attach it to each requirement and complete other information—most dates, etc.
A physical exam must be signed, stamped and dated by a healthcare provider within the current year. Harper’s physical form or Northwest Community’s form must be used. Physical must state that essential abilities are met. Doctor must add a note clearly stating, “student can function as a Surgical Technologist/Sterile Processing Technician including list 50# and push 100#” OR “eligible to participate in sports.”
Note: Please review Functional Abilities. Student must be able to perform the functions of a Surgical Technologist or Sterile Processing Technician.
Harper College is requiring all health career students who engage in a clinical rotation to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Unvaccinated students should begin their vaccine series no later than September 1, 2021. Students must receive the last dose of the vaccine series (one shot for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, two shots for the Pfizer or Moderna series) no later than October 8, 2021. Students can obtain Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations free of charge at the NCH Outpatient Care Center located on the Harper campus.
Students must upload proof of vaccination in the appropriate program tracking system. Failure to provide documentation of at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot by September 1, 2021 and a completed vaccine series by October 8, 2021, will result in student dismissal from clinical courses.
Religious and medical exemptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
For more information, please visit COVID-19 Vaccine Policy: FAQ.
Vaccine given annually. (The flu vaccine is seasonal and changes every year in the Fall–must be administered by Oct 1st of current year). You must obtain proof of the current flu vaccine.
Proof of current vaccination MUST include the following:
Obtain a one-time dose of TDAP if you have not previously received. Obtain TDAP boosters every 10 years thereafter.
Needs to be done once in your career, and then continue with an annual test. A series of two subcutaneous injections; takes approximately 10 days to complete the two injections and the reading of them. The readings must occur within 48 to 72 hours of initial injection. The second TB test must be completed within 1 to 4 weeks after the 1st TB test.
Two-step Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) must be completed prior two receiving other needed immunizations (Mumps, Rubella, Rubeola, or Varicella).
Blood test that aids in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis (TB). A positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold result means that the person has been infected with TB bacteria and should be followed by further medical and diagnostic evaluation to determine if the person has latent TB infection or TB disease.
For students who test positive for Tuberculin exposure:
If you have had the BCG vaccine, you must still receive a PPD. The vaccine will not be accepted in place of a PPD.