To support infection prevention and control education among healthcare personnel, the New Jersey Department of Health is awarding $800,000 in funding to the New Jersey Hospital Association, Healthcare Association of New Jersey, Rutgers Project ECHO, and the New Jersey Association of County and City Health Officials. The four grantees will create and distribute dedicated infection prevention training to their target audiences. Using evidence-based protocols, the New Jersey grantees’ work will address immediate infection prevention training needs, delivered via a variety of training platforms such as virtual on demand, in person, self-paced learning, and podcasts to a diverse set of healthcare providers in a variety of settings throughout the state. Each grantee is tasked with offering a targeted focus on their organization’s areas of expertise, servicing long-term care and nursing home professionals, acute care providers, local health departments, and more.
