Antimicrobial Awareness

Antimicrobial Awareness Week is all about increasing awareness of antibiotic resistance and encouraging best practices to help fight it. Please see information below from the MSH ASP team on ways we can all help to fight antibiotic resistance!

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The Council of Canadian Academies released an evidence based report in Nov 2019 highlighting the potential socio-economic impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada.

"When Antibiotics Fail" Summary and Full Report

Antimicrobial Awareness Tools and Resources

• Antibioticwise.ca

• Choosing Wisely Canada - Using Antimicrobials Wisely

• Antibioticawareness.ca

• Public Health Ontario Antimicrobial Stewardship

• College of Family Physicians of Canada - Using Antibiotics Wisely

Shorter = Better
In the past decade, there has been accumulating evidence, increasingly from RCTs, that a shorter duration of therapy is equal to a longer duration.