Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE

Amount

$401,778.00

Award Date

6/18/2009

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

According to the CDC, healthcare-associated infections affect about two million patients in American hospitals each year. Infections like influenza and MRSA routinely spread to and among hospitalized patients, often via healthcare workers. To better under