Disease expert wins $15,000

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Disease expert wins $15,000

The Hamilton Spectator Ontario, Canada

(Nov 29, 2006)

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A Hamilton infectious disease expert's strategy to stop the overuse

of antibiotics from breeding " super bugs " has won a $15,000 award

for Hamilton Health Services.

The strategy, designed by Dr. to reduce antibiotic

overuse in Hamilton General Hospital's intensive care unit, earned

the 2006 Canadian Healthcare Excellence in Quality Award.

" In the ICU, it's sometimes very difficult to tell whether patients

have an infection or not, " said . Most patients in ICUs

receive some antibiotics. Overuse gives rise to antibiotic-resistant

bugs and fungal infections in patients. Under the protocol, very

sick patients are still aggressively treated, but those who don't

respond to the drugs, or aren't so ill, receive minimal antibiotics.

Since the launch of the protocol in February 2005, antibiotic use in

Hamilton General's ICU dropped 41 per cent, saving roughly $223,000.

Fungal infections have declined dramatically and fewer patients have

had to be isolated with drug-resistant infections.

[Guest guest]

-wow,thats pretty interesting. what's wierd is that woman have

complained for years about getting yeast infections while takeing

antibiotics you would think that it would have been a clue.-- In

, " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

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> Disease expert wins $15,000

>

> The Hamilton Spectator Ontario, Canada

>

> (Nov 29, 2006)

>

> http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?

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pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1 & c=Article & cid=1164754219674 & ca

> ll_pageid=1020420665036 & col=1014656511815

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> A Hamilton infectious disease expert's strategy to stop the overuse

> of antibiotics from breeding " super bugs " has won a $15,000 award

> for Hamilton Health Services.

>

> The strategy, designed by Dr. to reduce antibiotic

> overuse in Hamilton General Hospital's intensive care unit, earned

> the 2006 Canadian Healthcare Excellence in Quality Award.

>

> " In the ICU, it's sometimes very difficult to tell whether patients

> have an infection or not, " said . Most patients in ICUs

> receive some antibiotics. Overuse gives rise to antibiotic-

resistant

> bugs and fungal infections in patients. Under the protocol, very

> sick patients are still aggressively treated, but those who don't

> respond to the drugs, or aren't so ill, receive minimal antibiotics.

>

> Since the launch of the protocol in February 2005, antibiotic use

in

> Hamilton General's ICU dropped 41 per cent, saving roughly

$223,000.

> Fungal infections have declined dramatically and fewer patients

have

> had to be isolated with drug-resistant infections.

>