Useful Resources

Canadian Resources

• Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in Canada
  Study by CCAR, data supplied by IMS HEALTH Canada (PowerPoint document)
• Canadian Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (CCAR)
  Co-ordinates activities and information for healthcare professionals, patients, the general public and others who can help to stem the rising tide of microbial resistance to antibiotic medicines.
• Controlling Antibiotic Resistance: An Integrated Action Plan
  (Canada Communicable Disease Report - Supplement Vol. 23S7, November 1997)
• CBC Radio Series and Useful Links
  5-part series on antibiotic resistance first broadcast April 13-17, 1998
• IMS HEALTH Canada
  Antibiotic Use on the Decline as 2000 Flu Season Starts (news release October 31, 2000)
• Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
  Ontario Drug Benefit : Antibiotic Resistance - What you need to know
• www.dobugsneeddrugs.org
  Do Bugs Need Drugs?® is a community education project to address the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Publications:

• Antimicrobial resistance in Canada: Update on activities of the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (CCAR). John Conly. The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases. January/February 2002, Vol. 13, No. 1.
• Pilot Study for Appropriate Anti-infective Community Therapy - Effect of a Guideline-based Strategy to Optimize Use of Antibiotics.
  J. Stewart, J. Pilla, L. Dunn. Canadian Family Physician. April 2000 Vol. 46: 851. (link to abstract only).
• Method of physician remuneration and rates of antibiotic prescription.
  Hutchinson JM, Foley RN. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1999 Apr 6;160(7):1013-7. PMID: 10207340 UI: 99223747 (link to abstract only)
• Antibiotic Prescribing for Canadian Preschool Children: Evidence of Overprescribing for Viral Respiratory Infections. Elaine Wang. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1999: 29: 155-60.
• Antimicrobial Use in Febrile Children Diagnosed with Respiratory Tract Illness in an Emergency Department.
  N. Le Saux, C. Bjornson, C. Pitters. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal. 1999: 18: 1078-1080 (link to abstract only).
• Antimicrobial Stewardship in Canadian Health Care Institutions. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases. September 1998 Vol. 9. Supplement C.
• Controlling Antibiotic Resistance by Quelling the Epidemic of Overuse and Misuse of Antibiotics. John Conly. Canadian Family Physician. Vol. 44. September 1998.
• Prospective Study of Antibiotic Prescribing for Children in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Family Physician 1998; 44:1850-1856 - Ross A. Pennie, MC, FRCPC, Professor, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences
• Antibiotics for Community-acquired Respiratory Tract Infections - Are the Benefits Worth the Risks. Shafran & Conly. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Vol. 9. No. 4. July/August 1998.
• Prospective Study Of Antibiotic Prescribing For Children in Ontario, Canada, March 1997
• CPS: Use of Antibiotics Decreasing, but Some Areas See an Increase. Pippa Wysong. Doctor's Guide: DG News. June 14, 2002.

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