Most of these recommendations are based upon the Vancouver Island Health Authority’s Cowichan District Hospital “Guide to Antimicrobial Empiric Prescribing Guideline for Adults 2011 edition.” This document was created in conjunction with the VIHA Antibiotic Review Subcommittee as part of a System Wide Initiative in Antimicrobial Stewardship. See the full pdf document here Complete_2nd_edition

Others are the work of the Antibiotic Review Subcommittee on their own.

You may also be interested in this Introduction to Antibiotics – how they work, why they sometimes don’t etc. And these Antibiotic Therapy Principles may be pondered. Brief descriptions of the antibiotics commonly used in Canada can be found here – Antibiotics.