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CHICA-Canada 2008 Conference

2008 CONFERENCE
Palais des Congres, Montreal
May 29 - June 5, 2008


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	General ARO Resources MRSA Resources VRE Resources ESBL Resources C.difficile Resources

Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms (AROs)

CHICA–Canada offers these links for infection prevention and control professionals and others in health care.

Links presented here do not imply endorsement by CHICA–Canada.

General ARO Resources

Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance (from CDC)
Antimicrobial Resistance (from CDER)
Antimicrobial Resistance (from NIAID)
Antimicrobial Resistance (from Pan American Health Organization)
Antimicrobial Resistance Fact Sheet (from NFID)
Antimicrobial Resistance Fact Sheet (from NIAID)
Antimicrobial Resistance in Long-Term Care Facilities (from SHEA)
"Antimicrobial Use in Long-Term Care Facilities" (position paper from SHEA)
Antimicrobial Resistance Information Bank (from WHO)
Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (CCAR)
Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)
CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Web Page
Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance: An Integrated Action Plan for Canadians (from PHAC)
Do Bugs Need Drugs?
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS)
European Network for Antimicrobial Resistance and Epidemiology (ENARE)
FDA Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (report)
"Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals" (position paper from SHEA/IDSA)
Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings (from CDC)
Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (from CDC)
Surveillance for Multi-resistant Organisms (MRO) (from VICNISS)
WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance

MRSA Resources

VRE Resources

ESBL Resources

ESBLs - Results of an Ontario-wide survey (from CCDR)
Best Infection Control Practices for Patients with Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL) ( Toolkit from CHICA/APIC/ICNA)

C.difficile Resources

C.difficile Fact Sheet (from PHAC)
C.difficile Questions and Answers (from PHAC)
"Management of Clostridium difficile in All Health Care Settings" (from PIDAC)
"Clostridium difficile in Long-Term-Care Facilities for the Elderly" (from SHEA)
"Clostridium difficile-associated Diarrhea and Colitis" (SHEA position paper)