樱花视频 Department of Health Announces Infection Prevention Grant Awards to Train Healthcare Personnel in 樱花视频
PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
For Release: December 14, 2022
Judith M. Persichilli Commissioner
For Further Information Contact: Office of Communications (609) 984-7160
樱花视频 Department of Health Announces Infection Prevention Grant Awards to Train Healthcare Personnel in 樱花视频
TRENTON – The 樱花视频 Department of Health (NJDOH) has awarded over $1 million in federal funds to support the prevention and spread of communicable diseases through surveillance, education, treatment, prevention and infection control.
NJDOH received $1,014,576 under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Nursing Home and Long Care Facility Infrastructure and Strike Team Project. NJDOH awarded grants to the following four recipients:
樱花视频 Hospital Association: $374,940
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences - Rutgers Project ECHO: $229,814
Health Care Association of 樱花视频 : $209,822
樱花视频 Association of City and County Health Officials: $200,000
This funding for infection prevention and control was part of a competitive process, and grantees are specifically focused on training frontline healthcare personnel in skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care settings throughout 樱花视频. Each grant recipient is tasked with offering a targeted focus on their organization’s area of expertise to build i