S.C. Regional Infection Prevention Training CENTER
Focusing on interprofessional infection prevention education across South Carolina
“The flu is a bit of a hoarder. It will pick up different bits from some of these different viruses, maybe in birds, in animals, in other humans, and it’ll say ‘Oh I like this this one makes me a stronger virus this year,’ but because we don’t know exactly which bit it will pick up, we are not able to predict with 100% certainty what flu virus to put in the vaccine,”
- Dr. Pamela Bailey
“Vaccines level the playing field....But frankly, it was a really long road to get to that kind of equity.”
—Nicole Lurie Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
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“Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day. If her face too, so much the better.”
— Nightingale, F. Notes on Nursing (1860).