Background: Patient-level surveillance of antimicrobial use (AMU) in Canadian hospitals
empowers the reduction of inappropriate AMU and was piloted in 2017 among 14 hospitals …

Background Patient-level surveillance (indication, appropriate choice, dosing, route,
duration) of antimicrobial use in Canadian hospitals is needed to reduce antimicrobial …

Background Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the world's ability to prevent and
treat infections. Links between quantitative antibiotic use and the emergence of bacterial …

Background Antimicrobial resistance threatens the ability to successfully prevent and treat
infections. While hospital benchmarks regarding antimicrobial use (AMU) have been well …

Background Antimicrobial stewardship, a key component of an overall strategy to address
antimicrobial resistance, has been recognized as a global priority. The ability to track and …

Introduction In secondary care, antimicrobial use (AMU) must be monitored to reduce the
risk of antimicrobial resistance and infection-related complications. However, there is …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious, worldwide public health crisis. Surveillance of
antimicrobial use forms part of an essential strategy to contain AMR. We aimed to conduct a …

Summary Background The Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) established an
international network of hospitals to measure antimicrobial prescribing and resistance …

The purpose of this study is to implement point prevalence survey (PPS), assess
antimicrobial prescribing and resistance in general hospitals and clinical specialties in …

Background Antimicrobial use (AMU) is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). There
are few data on AMU, to inform optimizing antibiotic stewardship, in the Lao PDR (Laos) …