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The 2018 Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in 47 Canadian hospitals: a cross-sectional survey

Greg J. German, Charles Frenette, Jean-Alexandre Caissy, Jennifer Grant, Marie-Astrid Lefebvre, Dominik Mertz, Sarah Lutes, Allison McGeer, Jacqueline Roberts, Kevin Afra, Louis Valiquette, Yannick Émond, Marie Carrier, Anaïs Lauzon-Laurin, Trong Tien Nguyen, Hamed Al-Bachari, Justin Kosar, Shaqil Peermohamed, Michelle Science, Daniel Landry, Timothy MacLaggan, Peter Daley, Gerald McDonald, Anita Ang, Sandra Chang, Yu-Chen Lin, Brandon Tong, Suzanne Malfair, Victor Leung, Kevin Katz, Ines Pauwels, Herman Goossens, Ann Versporten, John Conly and Daniel J.G. Thirion
December 21, 2021 9 (4) E1242-E1251; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200274
Greg J. German
Health PEI (German, Lutes), Charlottetown, PEI; McGill University Health Centre (Frenette, Thirion), Montréal, Que.; Faculty of Pharmacy (Caissy, Thirion), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Vancouver General Hospital (Grant), Vancouver, BC; Montreal Children’s Hospital (Lefebvre), Montréal, Que.; McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; Mount Sinai Hospital (McGeer), Toronto, Ont.; Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital (Roberts), Smiths Falls, Ont.; Fraser Health (Afra), Surrey, BC; Université de Sherbrooke (Valiquette), Sherbrooke, Que.; Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Émond), Montréal, Que.; Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec (Carrier), Trois-Rivières, Que.; Centre hospitalier de Lanaudière (Lauzon-Laurin), Joliette Saint-Charles-Borromée, Que.; McGill University (Nguyen) Montréal, Que.; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne (Al-Bachari), Longueuil, Que.; Saskatchewan Health Authority (Kosar, Peermohamed), Saskatoon, Sask.; The Hospital for Sick Children (Science), Toronto, Ont.; Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre (Landry), Vitalité Health Network, Horizon Health Network (MacLaggan), Moncton, NB; Memorial University of Newfoundland (Daley, McDonald), St. John’s, Nfld.; Département de Pharmacie (Ang), Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Richmond Hospital (Chang), Richmond, BC; Lions Gate Hospital (Lin, Malfair), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Tong), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Infection Prevention and Control (Leung), Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC; North York General Hospital (Katz), North York, Ont.; Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Pauwels, Goossens, Versporten), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services (Conly), Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alta.
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vol. 9 no. 4 E1242-E1251
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200274
PubMed 
34933882
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  • Published online December 21, 2021.
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Author Information

  1. Greg J. German, MD PhD,
  2. Charles Frenette, MD,
  3. Jean-Alexandre Caissy, BSc,
  4. Jennifer Grant, MDCM,
  5. Marie-Astrid Lefebvre, MD,
  6. Dominik Mertz, MD,
  7. Sarah Lutes, BScPharm,
  8. Allison McGeer, MD,
  9. Jacqueline Roberts, BScPharm,
  10. Kevin Afra, MD MHA,
  11. Louis Valiquette, MD MSc,
  12. Yannick Émond, MD,
  13. Marie Carrier, BPharm MSc,
  14. Anaïs Lauzon-Laurin, MD,
  15. Trong Tien Nguyen, MD,
  16. Hamed Al-Bachari, MD,
  17. Justin Kosar, BSP,
  18. Shaqil Peermohamed, MD,
  19. Michelle Science, MD,
  20. Daniel Landry, BScPharm,
  21. Timothy MacLaggan, PharmD,
  22. Peter Daley, MD,
  23. Gerald McDonald, BSc,
  24. Anita Ang, BPharm MSc,
  25. Sandra Chang, PharmD,
  26. Yu-Chen Lin, PharmD,
  27. Brandon Tong, PharmD,
  28. Suzanne Malfair, PharmD,
  29. Victor Leung, MD,
  30. Kevin Katz, MD,
  31. Ines Pauwels, MPharm,
  32. Herman Goossens, MD,
  33. Ann Versporten, MPH,
  34. John Conly, MD,
  35. Daniel J.G. Thirion, MSc PharmD
  1. Health PEI (German, Lutes), Charlottetown, PEI; McGill University Health Centre (Frenette, Thirion), Montréal, Que.; Faculty of Pharmacy (Caissy, Thirion), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Vancouver General Hospital (Grant), Vancouver, BC; Montreal Children’s Hospital (Lefebvre), Montréal, Que.; McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; Mount Sinai Hospital (McGeer), Toronto, Ont.; Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital (Roberts), Smiths Falls, Ont.; Fraser Health (Afra), Surrey, BC; Université de Sherbrooke (Valiquette), Sherbrooke, Que.; Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Émond), Montréal, Que.; Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec (Carrier), Trois-Rivières, Que.; Centre hospitalier de Lanaudière (Lauzon-Laurin), Joliette Saint-Charles-Borromée, Que.; McGill University (Nguyen) Montréal, Que.; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne (Al-Bachari), Longueuil, Que.; Saskatchewan Health Authority (Kosar, Peermohamed), Saskatoon, Sask.; The Hospital for Sick Children (Science), Toronto, Ont.; Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre (Landry), Vitalité Health Network, Horizon Health Network (MacLaggan), Moncton, NB; Memorial University of Newfoundland (Daley, McDonald), St. John’s, Nfld.; Département de Pharmacie (Ang), Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Richmond Hospital (Chang), Richmond, BC; Lions Gate Hospital (Lin, Malfair), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Tong), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Infection Prevention and Control (Leung), Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC; North York General Hospital (Katz), North York, Ont.; Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Pauwels, Goossens, Versporten), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services (Conly), Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alta.
  1. Correspondence to: Daniel Thirion, daniel.thirion{at}umontreal.ca
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The 2018 Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in 47 Canadian hospitals: a cross-sectional survey
Greg J. German, Charles Frenette, Jean-Alexandre Caissy, Jennifer Grant, Marie-Astrid Lefebvre, Dominik Mertz, Sarah Lutes, Allison McGeer, Jacqueline Roberts, Kevin Afra, Louis Valiquette, Yannick Émond, Marie Carrier, Anaïs Lauzon-Laurin, Trong Tien Nguyen, Hamed Al-Bachari, Justin Kosar, Shaqil Peermohamed, Michelle Science, Daniel Landry, Timothy MacLaggan, Peter Daley, Gerald McDonald, Anita Ang, Sandra Chang, Yu-Chen Lin, Brandon Tong, Suzanne Malfair, Victor Leung, Kevin Katz, Ines Pauwels, Herman Goossens, Ann Versporten, John Conly, Daniel J.G. Thirion
Oct 2021, 9 (4) E1242-E1251; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200274

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Greg J. German, Charles Frenette, Jean-Alexandre Caissy, Jennifer Grant, Marie-Astrid Lefebvre, Dominik Mertz, Sarah Lutes, Allison McGeer, Jacqueline Roberts, Kevin Afra, Louis Valiquette, Yannick Émond, Marie Carrier, Anaïs Lauzon-Laurin, Trong Tien Nguyen, Hamed Al-Bachari, Justin Kosar, Shaqil Peermohamed, Michelle Science, Daniel Landry, Timothy MacLaggan, Peter Daley, Gerald McDonald, Anita Ang, Sandra Chang, Yu-Chen Lin, Brandon Tong, Suzanne Malfair, Victor Leung, Kevin Katz, Ines Pauwels, Herman Goossens, Ann Versporten, John Conly, Daniel J.G. Thirion
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