Epi-Centers for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Adverse Events ¿ Multicenter Expansion of Current Investigation

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-CK-11-0010401SUPP14 Opportunity Category: ContinuationFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.084Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERAClosing Date: Apr 30, 2014Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 5Creation Date: Mar 14, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The CDC Prevention Epicenters Program has been established to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of epidemiologically-based strategies to improve healthcare quality and patient safety. This funding opportunity announcement is designed to utilize the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program to translate basic, epidemiologic and technologic discoveries into new strategies for improving prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) and other adverse events in all types of healthcare facilities in the United States. The prevention strategies could include, but are not limited to, prevention strategies currently undergoing single-center studies by the prevention epicenters program that merit further investigation in multicenter studies.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding