Compliance Requirements and Complio

Go to the Goldfarb Complio website and follow these steps:

• Select the “Create an account” button
• Provide your personal and contact information to create your account
• Go to the email account used to set up your Complio account and click the link in the activation email to finish setting up your account
• Now that your account is created, login to Complio
• Once you’ve logged in you will be prompted to select a screening package. Select your program of study and select load package. Students studying in the Upper Division Undergraduate program will need to select “Traditional BSN”
• After selecting the program, you will see a breakdown of the order. Select all three items: Tracking package, drug screen, and background check

We highly recommend that you change your email address in your Complio account to your Goldfarb email when you receive it. This ensures that you will receive all Complio notifications for items that are due soon. Overdue items may result in missed class, lab, or clinical time.

Proof of immunizations must include your printed or typed full name, vaccine administration date, or titer result date. Prescriptions, paid receipts, high school records, or handwritten notes will not be accepted. All documents must be submitted and approved in Complio by the designated deadlines. Do not send your documents to staff at the College, as they cannot approve or submit these documents for you.

Many of the immunizations and tests can be obtained for free or at cost at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Occupational Health office:

WashU Medicine
4590 Children’s Place, 3rd floor
St. Louis, MO 63110

Phone: 314-454-7002
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.–4 p.m.

Please call the office if you want information about vaccine availability, titers, tests, and cost.

You must complete and pass a background check and a 16-panel urine drug screen in accordance with the regulations established by the hospitals and clinical agencies in which students are placed, as well as the Missouri State Board of Nursing. The background check is completed when you purchase your Complio package. When you register for your Complio package, you can select a location to complete your urine drug screen.
 

A clear background check and negative drug screening is required to matriculate and remain in our nursing programs. These requirements ensure you are not prevented from clinical placement or have difficulty obtaining professional licensure or certification.
 

Any issues found on the background check or urine drug screen will be reviewed by the admissions department for further action.
 

We advise you to frequently check your Complio account and the email you used to create the account, as Complio may send action items that need to be completed to finalize your background check. Failure to respond will result in a cancelled background check and a new one will have to be purchased.
 

A negative two-step TB skin test or an interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) blood test completed in the past six months is required.
 

A two-step TB skin test consists of two separate skin tests administered one to three weeks apart. If you have had a positive TB test in the past, you need to submit the following: the previous positive TB test result, results of a clear chest X-ray dated after the positive TB test, and a completed BJC TB symptom screening form. Please email [email protected] for the screening form.
 

Annual TB symptom reporting form completion is required for all programs: Undergraduate, graduate and nurse anesthesia. The nurse anesthesia program requires a one-step TB skin test or IGRA blood test one year after your initial admission screening.
 

BJC Occupational Health does not administer TB skin tests on Thursdays and Fridays. TB skin tests or blood tests may not be administered within 28 days of receiving a live vaccine.
 

Two MMR vaccinations administered at least 28 days apart, or a positive titer for measles, mumps, and rubella are required. If a measles or mumps titer is negative and you haven’t had an MMR vaccine, two MMR vaccines are required. If the titer is negative and you’ve been vaccinated for MMR in the past, one MMR vaccine is required. If rubella is the only negative titer, one MMR vaccination is required.
 

Please call BJC Occupational Health for cost and availability. Please note: MMR vaccinations are live vaccines, so a TB skin test cannot be completed for 28 days after an MMR vaccine.
 

Three hepatitis B vaccinations or a positive titer are required. Your first vaccine must be completed before week five of your first term. Your second vaccine should be given 30 days after your first vaccine, and your third vaccine should be given five months after your second vaccine.
 

If the titer is negative, a fourth hepatitis B vaccination is required followed by a titer recheck one month later. If the titer is still negative, you will need a fifth and sixth vaccine followed by a recheck titer one month later.
 

Hepatitis B vaccinations and titers are available at BJC Occupational Health. Please call for cost and vaccine administration availability.
 

A Tdap vaccine dated within the past 10 years or a Td (tetanus and diphtheria) and pertussis vaccines both dated within the past 10 years are required.
 

Tdap vaccines are available at BJC Occupational Health. Please call for cost and vaccine administration availability.

Two doses of a varicella-containing vaccine (such as Varivax ® or MMRV) or a positive titer are required. A history of chickenpox disease is not accepted.
 

If the titer is negative or equivocal and you do not have previous varicella-containing vaccinations, two varicella vaccinations are required. If the titer is negative or equivocal and you have one varicella-containing vaccination, one varicella vaccination is required for a total of two varicella vaccinations.
 

Varicella vaccinations and titers are available at BJC Occupational Health. Please call for cost and vaccine administration availability. Please note that varicella vaccinations are live vaccines, so a TB skin test cannot be done for 28 days after your vaccine.
 

Influenza vaccinations are mandatory during the influenza season and due by Nov. 1 of each year. Vaccines are available free of charge through BJC Occupational Health from Oct. 1–March 31. The College will also hold influenza clinics on campus.

A BLS certification is required. Students can obtain this through the American Heart Association, or a Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) certification through the College.

Paper cards must be signed, and both sides must be submitted. eCards are accepted and do not need a signature.

For information BLS classes visit the American Heart Association website. To sign up for a RQI certification from the College, email Shawne Manies.  

For nurse anesthesia and acute care nurse practitioner students only.

An ACLS certification from the American Heart Association is required. For paper cards, both the front and back must be submitted with a signature. eCards are accepted and do not need a signature.  Please visit this website to find an ACLS class near you.

For nurse anesthesia students only.

A PALS certification from the American Heart Association is required. For paper cards, both the front and back must be submitted with a signature. eCards are accepted and do not need a signature. Please visit the American Heart Association to find an PALS class near you.

For graduate students only.

Proof of health insurance with an effective or issue date within the current year is required. After the initial submission, proof of insurance will be required annually by Jan. 15.

If you have questions about the compliance requirements, please email [email protected] for help. In the email, indicate your admitted program and start term.