$743.7M in Infection Prevention Funding Requested by APIC, SHEA

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America have requested $743.7 million in funding for infection prevention programs from the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee.

The Appropriations Subcommittee has jurisdiction over HHS. APIC and SHEA submitted a joint testimony to the subcommittee recommending infection prevention program funding for fiscal year 2014. APIC and SHEA made the following funding requests:



•    $27.5 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network and the Prevention Epicenters Program.

•    $182.2 million for core infectious diseases, including funding for healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance and CDC's Emerging Infections Program.

•    $34 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to reduce and prevent HAIs; specifically, $11.6 million in HAI research grants and $22.4 million in HAI contracts including the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program.

•    $500 million annually for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' antibacterial and related diagnostics efforts by the end of FY 2014. NIAID should invest at least $100 million annually in its new antibiotic-resistance focused clinical trials network, APIC and SHEA wrote.

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