External Links
Australian
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Antimicrobial stewardship initiative - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Standard 3 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections Safety and Quality Improvement Guide - NPS Medicinewise
Antibiotics - SA Health
National Antimicrobial Utilisation Surveillance Program (NAUSP) - National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS)
- Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group
(HICSIG) of ASID - Immunocompromised Host Special Interest Group
(ICHSIG) of ASID - Department of Health, Victoria
Quality Use of Medicines - Antimicrobial Stewardship - Australian Society for Antimicrobials - (ASA)
- Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Infectious Diseases Group (ANZPID)
International
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Drug resistance: Antimicrobial use - WHONET
Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology
(includes information on defined daily doses of antimicrobials) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Get Smart for Healthcare - Department of Health (England) guidance
Antimicrobial stewardship: Start smart - then focus - Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group