The 2017 global point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in Canadian hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-level surveillance (indication, appropriate choice, dosing, route, duration) of antimicrobial use in Canadian hospitals is needed to reduce antimicrobial overuse and misuse. Patient-level surveillance has not been performed on a national level in Canada. The Global Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance (Global-PPS) is an international collaborative to monitor antimicrobial use and resistance in hospitals worldwide. Global-PPS locally documents on a single day patient-level antimicrobial prescribing practices. This article presents the results of the 2017 Global-PPS in Canadian hospitals with established antimicrobial stewardship programs.

Methods

Hospitals part of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program were inv

SUBMITTER: Frenette C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7353732 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature