|December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the state’s doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state.
Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday.
MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to go to a vaccination mobile site once the vaccine has been received.
They also planned to stagger the vaccinations because of possible side effects that include sore arms and a small fever, something MUSC Epidemiologist Dr. Robert Ball said is a normal immune reaction. If side effects require doctors or nurses to take a day off, the hospital will not be left short-handed because of the staggering, he said.
|December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the state’s doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state.
Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday.
MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to go to a vaccination mobile site once the vaccine has been received.
They also planned to stagger the vaccinations because of possible side effects that include sore arms and a small fever, something MUSC Epidemiologist Dr. Robert Ball said is a normal immune reaction. If side effects require doctors or nurses to take a day off, the hospital will not be left short-handed because of the staggering, he said.
MUSC nurse receives Lowcountryâs first COVID vaccine dose
VIDEO: MUSC nurse receives Lowcountryâs first COVID vaccine dose By Summer Huechtker, Riley Bean, Patrick Phillips, and Alexis Simmons | December 15, 2020 at 5:18 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:22 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A pediatric registered nurse at Medical University of South Carolina became the first in the Lowcountry to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon.
Shemika Champion, a pediatric registered nurse, was the first recipient and received her vaccination shortly after 12:45 p.m.
âIâm really excited,â she said. âMUSC is like the most cutting-edge, innovative hospital in South Carolina and happy to be a part of it.â
MUSC vaccinations pushed back because of shipping delay
VIDEO: MUSC vaccinations pushed back because of shipping delay By Live 5 Web Staff | December 14, 2020 at 5:03 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 11:30 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina says the first staff vaccinations Tuesday will happen later than originally planned.
MUSC spokesperson Heather Woolwine said shipping delays would postpone the expected arrival of its doses, leading them to postpone the first vaccinations they originally slated for 6 a.m. It was not immediately clear when the vaccinations will begin.
MUSC officials say health care workers who work with COVID patients on a regular basis will receive the first doses.
Lowcountry hospitals set plans as COVID vaccine doses arrive
VIDEO: Lowcountry medical facilities set COVID-19 vaccination plans as doses arrive By Patrick Phillips | December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the stateâs doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state.
Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday.
MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to go to a vaccination mobile site once the vaccine has been received.