Use Prescribing Guides
Bugs & Drugs is the antibiogram-based prescribing guide maintained by AHS. It provides the provincial standard for the decision to use antibiotics, and for selecting optimal agent, dosage, and duration of antimicrobial therapy.
Antimicrobial Stewardship Backgrounders
Patient Education:
Guide to Wise Use of Antibiotics (Translations)
The Guide to Wise Use of Antibiotics has been translated into more than 25 languages, both immigrant and Indigenous.
These can be accessed here, shared easily through social media or email, or downloaded and printed. They are also available as QR codes, which can be printed and made accessible in health care facilities.
Viral Prescription
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This PDF document created by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases provides information about symptomatic relief for infections and indicates when patients should consider a return visit. To be used with patients (adults and children) who have a suspected viral infection.