Primary Recipient

INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT

Amount

$2,794,876.00

Award Date

9/20/2010

Administering Agency

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

CDFA Number

93.726

CDFA Program Title

ARRA Accelerating Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)

Description

Recent comparative effectiveness research has identified three interventions that substantially reduce SSIs: preoperative bathing or showering with chlorhexidine; preoperative nasal screening for Staphylococcus aureus carriage followed by decolonization o

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
RAND CORPORATION, THE	Sub-recipient	$1,384,651.00
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT	Primary recipient	$1,072,597.00
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE	Sub-recipient	$337,628.00