WASHINGTON – The federal government is spending $2.1 billion to improve infection control procedures in health care settings, aimed at preventing the transmission of diseases inside hospitals, dialysis centers and other facilities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is allocating the funding from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden this year.
Of the new funding, $500 million will create and train “strike teams” to help facilities with known or suspected COVID-19 outbreaks.
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the funding “will dramatically improve the safety and quality of the health care delivered in the United States during the pandemic and in the future.”
Nearly $900 million will be spent over the coming years to support research and training on new ways to control the spread of infections.
How come nursing homes are the first to be condemned, but their the last to ever see the Federal or State hand outs??? Nursing homes and post acute facilities are the “other facilities” that are the most regulated (over 590 State and Federal regulations) with the strictest enforcement, yet they will ultimately NEVER SEE ANY OF THESE TRILLIONS TRICKLE DOWN! Shocked if they ever see a dime of those million, billion, or trillions. Nursing Homes and their hard working staff have gone from HEROS TO ZEROS in 6 months! Very sad….