CDC awards $26 million for Prevention Epicenters

The CDC announced it will award $26 million to five academic medical centers to reduce infections and improve patient safety.

The medical centers were provided funding through the Prevention Epicenters Program which has been extended through 2020. Already six other academic medical centers are working on similar research thanks to funding that was previously awarded through 2018.

The funding will support research developments such as a new computer system that flags a potential outbreak by scanning lab reports, finding the most ideal concentration and method of chlorhexidine, and testing fecal transplants to treat urinary tract infections.