ALLERGY & TRAVEL

New Allergy Injection Patients to Health Services

Allergy Injections: Getting Started

If you get regular allergy injections from an allergy specialist and would like to continue to receive your injections while enrolled at Georgia Tech, arrangements can be made to receive allergy injections from Stamps Health Services under most circumstances.  Please read Frequently Asked Questions and Allergy Injections Information Form before getting started. 

STEP 1. Call (404-894-0248 or 404-894-1423) to make an appointment with one of the Stamps Health Services providers.  Let the staff know that you need a “new allergy injections appointment.”

STEP 2. Download and complete the following forms from this website:

STEP 3. Discuss these forms with your allergist. We do not accept hand written orders for Allergy Injection Schedule Orders.  Your allergist can use our fillable form at http://www.health.gatech.edu/allergy.  Once complete just print and fax to 404 894-6254.  Please arrange for your serums to be delivered to Stamps Health Services “cool to touch.”  We do not accept serum that is at room temperature or warm. 

STEP 4. We will fax a letter to your allergist after your Stamps Health Services physician has completed your appointment.

STEP 5. After your Stamps Health Services provider appointment and when all forms are received, you may make a first injection appointment at Stamps.  Please call 404-894-1432 to make this appointment.  After the first appointment, you can make all other appointments online at www.myappointment.health.gatech.edu.

General Information

  • If your allergist requires you to pre-medicate before your injection and you have not done so, YOU WILL NEED TO RESCHEDULE.
  • Always bring antihistamine medication and an EpiPen® with you when you come for an injection as a safety precaution.
  • You MUST have injection sites checked by a nurse 30 minutes after injection. There are no exceptions to this policy. You must wait inside the Stamps Health Services building during your wait time. FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THIS SAFETY POLICY WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION OF ALLERGY INJECTIONS AT STAMPS HEALTH SERVICES.
  • Before leaving Stamps Health Services, please go to the Cashiers desk to check out.
  • While waiting to have the injection checked, notify the nurse if you experience any of the following: 

-Runny Nose        

-Wheezing

-Sneezing

-Itching

-Flushing

-Hives

-Shortness of breath        

-Facial swelling

-Coughing

-Nasal congestion

-Pins and needles sensation of the skin

-Anxiety