OCTOBER 2007
UPCOMING EVENTS
AMMI CANADA - CACMID ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The conference will be held from February 27 to March 2, 2008 at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.
The event will bring together North America’s foremost researchers, health-care providers, exhibitors, journalists, and non-governmental representatives to share current knowledge on a full spectrum of issues in Infectious Diseases and medical microbiology.
With more than 500 delegates expected to attend, the conference promises to be Canada’s largest and most informative gathering of the industry.
26TH INT'L CONGRESS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND INFECTION
Mark your calendar for June 18 to 21, 2009.
CHICA-CANADA 2008 NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Palais des Congrès - Montréal, Québec - May 29 to June 5, 2008
CIPARS NEW WEBSITE PLUS 2005 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2006 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
AUGUST 2007
NEW WEBSITE FOR NORTHERN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PARTNERS
JUNE 2007
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL BEST PRACTICES
MARCH 2007
Swedres 2005 - Swedish Antibiotic Utilisation and Resistance Report
BCÂ AUDITOR GENERAL RELEASES REPORT ON INFECTION CONTROL
BUGS AND DRUGS POCKET REFERENCE NOW AVAILABLE
FEBRUARY 2007
CIPARS 2005 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
DECEMBER 2006
NEW SECTION:
STAPH INFECTIONS IN SPORT
FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE
NOVEMBER 2006
BACKGROUNDER – CA-MRSA / STAPH INFECTIONS
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OCTOBER 2006
CCAR ANNUAL REPORT
CCAR ANNUAL MEETING SUMMARY
SEPTEMBER 2006
New guidelines available to assist medical community
in fight against CA-MRSA
May 2006
CCAR appoints new executive director
APRIL 2005
CCAR would like to introduce its Board of Directors which will replace the Executive Group.
APRIL 2006
Personal Hygiene and Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection (Adobe Acrobat Document)
APRIL 2006
Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Competitive Sports (Adobe Acrobat Document)
APRIL 2006
Community-Acquired MRSA Skin/Soft Tissue Infection Rates Increasing (Microsoft Word document)
APRIL 2006
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)
APRIL 2006
Strategies for Clinical Management of MRSA in the Community: Summary of an Experts Meeting Convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Adobe Acrobat Document)
APRIL 2006
Drug-resistant germ spreads across B.C.: Sometimes deadly bacteria once confined to hospitals
MARCH 2006
CCAR released a report which provides a snapshot of Canadian capability for surveillance of antimicrobial resistant organisms and provides an assessment of the international programs that Canada may wish to emulate.
FEBRUARY 2006
Suspected transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between domestic pets and humans in veterinary clinics and in the household (Adobe Acrobat format)
JANUARY 2006
The Cochrane Collaboration - Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients (Review) (Adobe Acrobat document)
DECEMBER 2005
CCAR is soliciting comments on the report which we recently commissioned entitled: Toward an International Report on Antimicrobial Resistance. Comments should be sent to by February 28, 2006. (Adobe Acrobat Document)
OCTOBER 2005
More US articles on MRSA.
OCTOBER 2005
New Information on community-acquired MRSA made available from the Mayo Clinic.
AUGUST 2005
Community-acquired MRSA is on the rise in Canada. A workshop on the issue will be held in Toronto on October 27 & 28, 2005. Current publications with more details on the problem are now available.
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Molecular Epidemiology of Community- and Health Care-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Manitoba, Canada
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Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Canada
MARCH 2005
Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in Canada (to December 2004 - data supplied by IMS HEALTH Canada) (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
MARCH 2005
Antibiotic Prescribing Trends in Canada by Province (to December 2004 - data supplied by IMS HEALTH Canada) (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
FEBRUARY 2005
NIPA releases National Report Card on Antibiotic Resistance
Commends efforts but sounds warning. (Microsoft Word Document)
FEBRUARY 2005
National Post reports front page story on MRSA based on Canadian Communicable Disease Report. Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Hospitals - A Report Update from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
FEBRUARY 2005
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)
OCTOBER 2004
Streptococcus pneumoniae and Antibiotics Resistance. The EQUERE Project - Quebec 1998-2004 (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
SEPTEMBER 2004
National Action Plan to Address Antibiotic Resistance is now available (Adobe Acrobat document)
June 2004
CID release on Antibiotic NA vs Europe June 1 2004 (Microsoft Word document)
May 2004
CCAR annual report for 2003-2004
May 2004
The Proposed National Action Plan to Address Antibiotic Resistance is now available for comment until June 30, 2004 (Adobe Acrobat document)
December 2003
Alberta Drug Utilization Program Report - December 2003 (Microsoft Word document)
October 2003
New data supplied by IMS HEALTH Canada on Prescribing Trends in Canada and Prescribing Trends in Canada by Province are now available. (Microsoft Power Point document)
September 2003
Canadian Communicable Disease Report publishes Antibiotic Resistance Issue. (Adobe Acrobat document)
August 2003
Resources for Infection Control in Canadian Acute Care Hopsitals (RICH Study) - D. Zoutman. American Journal of Infection Control.
February 2003
National Report Card on Resistance released by NIPA (Microsoft Word document)
January 2003
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases editorial
September 2002
The Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Animal Uses of Antimicrobials and Impact on Resistance and Human Health is now available
April 2002
New information on Streptococcus pneumoniae from the Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network. (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
February 2002
The final report and data set from a study on the economic and social burden of illness related to antibiotic resistance in Canada was released (Microsoft Word Document)
Markov Model Data Set. (Microsoft Excel Document)
January 2002
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases editorial.
New information on Streptococcus pneumoniae from the Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network. (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
GRAM provides data on antibiotic resistance in Quebec between 1995 and 2000. (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
October 2001
The Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance is holding its Annual General Meeting on November 4, 2001, at the Conferenec Centre in Victoria. For further information contact
Several new reports on the potential linkage between antibiotic use in animal feed and antibiotic resistance in human pathogens has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine (October 18, 2001 edition).
The World Health Organization released their "Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance".
August 2001
The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases published an update on resistance.
June 2001
Ontario Pharmacists Association Antibiotic Awareness Campaign.
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)
February 2001
The British Columbia Provincial Health Officer has released his recommended Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance.
January 2001
Canadian data on antibiotic use from 1995 to November 2000 is now available, showing trends in prescribing rates for various classes of antibiotics over time (data supplied by IMS HEALTH Canada) (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
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"Controlling Antibiotic Resistance in Canada - Strategies, Perspectives and Programs", a new Supplement to the Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (CJID), is now available.
This 32 page Supplement was produced by the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance with partial funding from Health Canada, Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline. The supplement attempts to compare Canadian programs with those in selected other nations and provides a series of profiles on programs being carried out in Canada within both the human health and agrifood communities. For copies, contact or e-mail to:
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November 2000
Canadian Animal Health Institute takes action against resistance
September 2000
A new Tool Kit for Veterinarians is available from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association. It includes the publication 'Superbugs and Veterinary Drugs' in PDF format.
