From "Maternity"

Cuddy: (re: House's diagnosis of two babies) And you’re the only one who put this together because…?                                                                                                              House: Because I’m the only one who looked at both kids.  I want them isolated; I want the maternity ward shut down.                                                                                         Cuddy: Because you’re better at reading an x-ray than a radiologist.                                   House: Radiologists always over-read babies’ x-rays, especially if they’re asked to rule out a pathology.  He read into it what he wanted.                                                                     Cuddy: Which is exactly what you’re doing.  You’re finding a cluster because you think it’s interesting to find a cluster.  Two… plain old sick babies would bore you.                           House: See, this is why I don’t waste money on shrinks, ‘cause you give me all these really great insights for free.                                                                                               Cuddy: [smiling] Shrink.  If you would consider going to a shrink, I would pay for it myself.  The hospital would hold a bake sale, for God’s sake.                                                   House: We have an epidemic! [Cuddy stops from going out the door and turns to House. Cuddy: [slowly] Two sick babies is very sad, but it doesn’t prove an epidemic.

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Wilson: How many med students have you got swabbing the decks?                          Cuddy: Oh, what else are they going to do?  It’s not like they’re delivering babies.      Wilson: Find anything yet?                                                                                       Cuddy: Ah, yeah.  About half the antibacterial gel dispensers are empty or broken.     Wilson: That’s bad.  And diagnostically, completely insignificant.                                Cuddy: Well, if the staff can’t wash their hands, it’s no wonder an infection has spread. [While they’re talking, we see Med Student’s tie has been hanging in the sink and generally being a nuisance.]  Hey, tie clip!                                                                                    Med Student with the Tie: Sorry?                                                                                     Cuddy: We have an epidemic in this hospital and your tie is becoming a Petri dish. Put on a tie clip or take the damn thing off.

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Wilson: Find anything yet?                                                                                        Cuddy: No, just some baby formula being stored under a sink with a dripping faucet.   Wilson: Tap water contamination.  You thinking pseudomonas infection?                    Cuddy: I was.  I wasted a couple of hours chasing it down, but of course the formula hasn’t been anywhere near the babies.                                                                                 Wilson: Huh.                                                                                                           Cuddy: Whatever idiot stored them there –                                                               Wilson: All right, we’ll figure it out!  Just… just calm down.                                              Cuddy: I am calm.  [She walks over to Med Student with Tie, grabs some scissors and cuts off his tie, turning him into Med Student without Tie]                                                         Med Student without Tie: Aw, could –                                                                          Cuddy: I warned you.  [to Wilson:] I did that calmly.

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