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Table 2 Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Canada

From: Antimicrobial resistance programs in Canada 1995-2010: a critical evaluation

Program name

Funding

Focus

Assessment

Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Surveillance (CIPARS) http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cipars-picra

PHAC

Food borne pathogens Antimicrobial usage

Comprehensive Reliance on passive reporting for Salmonella

Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/nois-sinp/survprog_e.html

PHAC

Nosocomial pathogens (MRSA, VRE, ESBL)

Focused on tertiary care

Canadian National Centre for Streptococcus http://www2.provlab.ab.ca/ncs/ncs.htm

PHAC

Group A streptococci

Not representative

Canadian Tuberculosis Laboratory Surveillance System http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/tbdrc01/index.html

PHAC

M. tuberculosis

 

Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network (CBSN) http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/research/cbsn/default.asp

Pharma

S. pneumoniae

H. influenzae

Biased sampling Potential COI

Canadian Antibiotic Resistance Alliance (CARA)

http://www.can-r.com

Pharma

S. pneumoniae

H. influenzae Miscellaneous

Biased sampling Potential COI

  1. PHAC: Public Health Agency of Canada; COI: Conflict of interest