Antibiotic Stewardship

Doctors increasingly prescribing antibiotics inappropriately, UManitoba study finds

Antibiotic prescriptions are on the rise, and often they are unnecessary or the wrong type.
Case report: Tick talk

The child's mother said she found a tick and removed it forcibly without any regard for technique. All seemed well. Then, a week later, this rash developed on the site of the bite.
Racist I have been

We all do it. Some of it is unspoken, some of it is spoken, and some of it is action minus.
New Brunswick now covering costs for pharmacists to renew prescriptions, prescribe for uncomplicated UTIs

Pharmacists in the province have been able to provide these services since 2014, but the public have had to pay them out of pocket.
Nova Scotia pharmacists are fighting Lyme disease, but what are the limits to the medication?
Antibiotic course for UTI in men can be shortened

Men with urinary tract infection (UTI) get as much benefit from a shorter, seven-day treatment with antibiotics as they do with a 14-day course.
Nova Scotia pharmacists tick off additional services for Lyme disease

Faced with an unprecedented explosion of black-legged deer ticks, the province looks to pharmacists to help spot and treat Lyme disease
Providing physicians with feedback reduces antibiotic overprescribing

A study published in JAMA this week found that providing physicians with feedback about their antibiotic prescribing can enhance both patient outcomes and health system sustainability.

Failure to communicate: Doctor hit with $20,000 penalty for breakdown in pre-op anticoagulation bridging plan