Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009
BACKGROUND: Increasing antimicrobial resistance has been identified as an important global health threat. Antimicrobial use is a major driver of resistance, especially in the hospital sector. Understanding the extent and type of antimicrobial use in Canadian hospitals will aid in developing national...
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| author | Geoffrey Taylor Denise Gravel Lynora Saxinger Kathryn Bush Kimberley Simmonds Anne Matlow Joanne Embree Nicole Le Saux Lynn Johnston Kathryn N Suh John Embil Elizabeth Henderson Michael John Virginia Roth Alice Wong The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program |
| author_facet | Geoffrey Taylor Denise Gravel Lynora Saxinger Kathryn Bush Kimberley Simmonds Anne Matlow Joanne Embree Nicole Le Saux Lynn Johnston Kathryn N Suh John Embil Elizabeth Henderson Michael John Virginia Roth Alice Wong The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Increasing antimicrobial resistance has been identified as an important global health threat. Antimicrobial use is a major driver of resistance, especially in the hospital sector. Understanding the extent and type of antimicrobial use in Canadian hospitals will aid in developing national antimicrobial stewardship priorities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-522cae70f861403aaa52a3a29509543f2025-08-20T02:05:31ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322015-01-01262858910.1155/2015/468987Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009Geoffrey Taylor0Denise Gravel1Lynora Saxinger2Kathryn Bush3Kimberley Simmonds4Anne Matlow5Joanne Embree6Nicole Le Saux7Lynn Johnston8Kathryn N Suh9John Embil10Elizabeth Henderson11Michael John12Virginia Roth13Alice Wong14The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance ProgramUniversity of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaCentre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaUniversity of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaAlberta Health Services, Calgary, CanadaAlberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaThe Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHealth Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaThe Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaThe Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaHealth Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaPeter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaHealth Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, CanadaThe Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaRoyal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaBACKGROUND: Increasing antimicrobial resistance has been identified as an important global health threat. Antimicrobial use is a major driver of resistance, especially in the hospital sector. Understanding the extent and type of antimicrobial use in Canadian hospitals will aid in developing national antimicrobial stewardship priorities.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/468987 |
| spellingShingle | Geoffrey Taylor Denise Gravel Lynora Saxinger Kathryn Bush Kimberley Simmonds Anne Matlow Joanne Embree Nicole Le Saux Lynn Johnston Kathryn N Suh John Embil Elizabeth Henderson Michael John Virginia Roth Alice Wong The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009 |
| title_full | Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009 |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009 |
| title_short | Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in a Network of Canadian Hospitals in 2002 and 2009 |
| title_sort | prevalence of antimicrobial use in a network of canadian hospitals in 2002 and 2009 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/468987 |
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