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

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)

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)

 

Infection Prevention and Control Best Practice Guidelines for Small Animal Veterinary Clinics. (Adobe Acrobat Documant)

The 2007-2008 CCAR ANNUAL REPORT is now ready.
Click here to download it in pdf format

CCAR is pleased to announce the appointment of Margaret Litt as Executive Director effective September 1, 2008.

INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL BEST PRACTICES

2009 AMMI conference

UPCOMING EVENTS

The 26th
International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection

Shifting Horizons,
Solid Foundations
CHICA-Canada 2009 National
Education Conference
St. Johns, Newfoundland
and Labrador
May 9 - 14, 2009

European Antibiotic Awareness Day on 18 November 2008