Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in Canada (to December 2004 - data supplied by IMS HEALTH Canada) (Microsoft PowerPoint document)

Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in Canada by Province (to December 2004 - data supplied by IMS HEALTH Canada) (Microsoft PowerPoint document)

Do Bugs Need Drugs Program? - Alberta

Continuing Education Program for Pharmacists: Antibiotic Resistance (Adobe Acrobat document)

The Antibiotic Safety ZoneTM

CBC Radio Series and Useful Links
5-part series on antibiotic resistance first broadcast - April 13-17, 1998

IMS HEALTH Canada

National Information Program on Antibiotics NIPA

The Cochrane Collaboration - Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (Review) (Adobe Acrobat document)

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled noninferiority trial of amoxicillin for clinically diagnosed acute otitis media in children 6 months to 5 years of age,N Le Saux et al, CMAJ, February 1, 2005, 172 (3) (Adobe Acrobat document)

CID release on Antibiotic NA vs Europe June 1 2004 (Microsoft Word document)

Alberta Drug Utilization Program Report - December 2003 (Microsoft Word document)

National Report Card on Resistance released by NIPA - February 2003
(Microsoft Word document)

Influence of Population density on antibiotic resistance.  N. Bruinsma et al.  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2003).  51, 385-390. - Jan  2003 (Adobe Acrobat document)

Role of diagnostic labeling in antibiotic prescribing.  J.M. Hutchinson et al.  Canadian Family Physician.  Vol 47. - June 2001 (Adobe Acrobat document)

Antibiotic use data by region and by product class from 1996 to December 2000 is now available. Data supplied by IMS Health (Microsoft PowerPoint document)

Reduction in Oral Antimicrobial Consumption in Canada. J Conly, S Paton, K Forward, R Irwin, C Barry, A Phillips, A Simor, and the CCAR Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON; Public and Population Health Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON; QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS; Public and Population Health Branch, Health Canada, Guelf, ON; Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON; Rx&D, Mississauga, ON; CCAR, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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.

Prophylactic Antiobiotics in Children (Canadian Paediatric Society,1999)

"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

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

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 InNfections - 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

Careful Use of Antibiotics in Washington State - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Guidelines MRSA Health Care Provider Information

US Centres for Disease Control - Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Health Care Settings - March 2002

IcanPREVENT
In-depth information on all aspects of the prevention, control and treatment of infectious disease to healthcare professionals practising in a variety of settings (fee for access).

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
Resistance information for patients, physicians and hospital care settings.

Guidelines for the prophylaxis and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the UK. Published in March issue of the Journal of  Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (Adobe Acrobat document)

Information on community-acquired MRSA made available from the Mayo Clinic. October 2005 (Adobe Acrobat document)