NCAS Director Prof. Karin Thursky was inivted to Ottawa in December 2018 as an external expert advisor to the antimicrobial stewardship accreditation working group for the Health Standards Organisation (Canada).
Australia has been an early adopter of antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals. The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care incorporated antimicrobial stewardship into hospital accreditation standards in 2013, and has since required hospitals to establish and develop stewardship processes.
A pilot project focused on implementing the Hospital National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey is currently underway in Canada. A group of 20 hospitals, located around the country, are participating in the pilot project, which is scheduled to conclude in 2019.
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