Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Amount

$183,017.00

Award Date

9/08/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Clinical studies have demonstrated that the transfusion of packed red blood cells is independently associated with an increase in infectious complications, as well as mortality. Basic investigation into the cause of this phenomenon is limited and the eff