Measuring the impacts of the Using Antibiotics Wisely campaign on Canadian community utilization of oral antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: a time-series analysis from 2015 to 2019.
Teagan Rolf von den BaumenMichael CrosbyMina TadrousKevin L SchwartzTara GomesPublished in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2021)
The introduction of the Using Antibiotics Wisely campaign in Canada has not caused a significant change in short-term antibiotic prescribing patterns. Community antibiotic stewardship campaigns that include components beyond education may be more impactful.