The Canadian Breakpoint: Recent Episodes
Dr. Rupeena Purewal
For this episode Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Dr. Camille Hamula to introduce us to the BCID2 (blood culture identification) Panel.
For more information visit BIOFIRE® Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel | Pioneering Diagnostics
For this episode Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Melissa Kucey, antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases pharmacist with the SHA Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Regina, to discuss Procalcitonin.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome Dr. Kanchana Amuratunga to discuss The Public Health Agency of Canada’s AMR Task Force and the Pan Canadian Action Plan. For more information visit:
Canada’s AMR Task Force an Introduction to Canada’s Amr Advisory Group
Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance - Canada.ca
IDSA All Practice Guidelines: A-Z List
Firstline - Antimicrobial Stewardship Mobile App
For this episode we go LIVE from The Quay in Toronto at the 2025 AMR Symposium.
"Canadian Sepsis Strategies; Optimizing Patient Management with AMS and Equity"
Dr. Rupeena Purewal discusses the National Sepsis Action Plan with Dr. Kali Barrett and Ms. Fatima Sheikh, Ph.D.(c). (Sepsis Canada)
Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome Dr. Peter Daley to discuss Canbuild AMR in Newfoundland. For more information visit:
Canbuild AMR Audit and Feedback
Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome Harpa Isfeld-Kiely from the NCCID to promote CAN AMS and other NCCID initiatives. For more information visit:
National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases – Centre de collaboration nationale des maladies infectieuses
CAN AMS! – National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
AMR – Building AMR awareness together
AMR: Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome cystic fibrosis patient and advocate Huda Razzak from Montreal to discuss antimicrobial resistance in cystic fibrosis. For more information visit:
We’re changing the cystic fibrosis story.
Home - Do Bugs Need Drugs
Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome Jason Vanstone of Saskatchewan to discuss his projects in AMR research and antimicrobial utilization. For more information, contact Jason at:
antimicrobial.stewardship@saskhealthauthority.ca
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program - About Us | SaskHealthAuthority
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes back Dr. George Zhanel, Medical Microbiologist in Winnipeg and Research Director for CARA, to expand on The CLEAR Registry and spotlight clear results for IV Amoxicillin Clavulanate.
To join CLEAR, email Dr. Zhanel at ggzhanel@pcsinternet.ca
CARA www.can-r.com
Canadian IV AmoxClav Product Monograph: 00074544.PDF
Canadian collaborative AMR Awareness campaign: www.antibioticawareness.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Sepsis expert Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud to discuss the Canadian challenges and initiatives in Sepsis diagnosis and with Sepsis survivors.
Sepsis Canada
Canadian Sepsis Foundation
Critical Care Canada
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Pharmacist Dr. Rosanne Thalakada and Dr. Shaqil Peermohamed to discuss the results of the 5 Point Audit through the ASPIRES Group.
ASPIRES - Home
Firstline - Clinical Decision Support Platform
Planetary Health
Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE* at the 2024 AMR Symposium in Toronto, ON and invites Dr. Bradley Langford, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance Pharmacist Specialist, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist and Assistant Professor, University of Toronto – NCCID, to introduce AMR Aware Canada and their website www.AMRAware.ca
This website is in collaboration with the National Collaborating Center for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) awareness campaign. NCCID: www.nccid.ca
Canadian collaborative AMR Awareness campaign: www.antibioticawareness.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
*This episode was recorded in a live session November 20th 2024.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes back Dr. Jason Kindrachuk for this special halloween episode to discuss Emerging Viral Diseases: Are we ready for the next pandemic?
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Dr. Jason Kindrachuk whose research focuses on the circulation, transmission and pathogenesis of emerging viruses that pose the greatest threat to global human and animal health, to discuss Monkeypox.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Dr. Thomas Duchaine , Director of the McGill Center for RNA Sciences, to discuss mRNA.
www.thomasduchaine.lab.mcgill.ca
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes back Dr. George Zhanel, Medical Microbiologist in Winnipeg and Research Director for CARA, to expand on The CLEAR Registry and spotlight clear results for IV Ceftobiprole.
To join CLEAR, email Dr. Zhanel at ggzhanel@pcsinternet.ca
CARA www.can-r.com
Canadian IV Ceftobiprole Product Monograph: Product-Monograph-Zevtera.pdf (avirpharma.com)
Canadian collaborative AMR Awareness campaign: www.antibioticawareness.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes back Dr. George Zhanel, Medical Microbiologist in Winnipeg and Research Director for CARA, to expand on The CLEAR Registry and CLEAR spotlight review for IV Fosfomycin.
To join CLEAR, email Dr. Zhanel at ggzhanel@pcsinternet.ca
CARA www.can-r.com
Canadian IV Fosfomycin Product Monograph: [Product Monograph Template - Standard] (ivozfo.com)
Canadian collaborative AMR Awareness campaign: www.antibioticawareness.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. Sarah Khan, Infectious Disease Specialist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University, to discuss infant feeding in the context of HIV.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. Terry Wuerz, Infectious Diseases physician based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to discuss the National Collaborating Center for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Campaign as well as the Manitoba AMR Alliance.
World AMR Awareness Week is November 18-24th. During this time, look for your local landmarks to be lit up in blue for the Go Blue campaign! Take a photo and share on social media using the hashtag #goblueforAMR.
Manitoba AMR Alliance Website: www.manitobaamr.ca
Canadian collaborative AMR Awareness campaign: www.antibioticawareness.ca
NCCID: www.nncid.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Dr. Zain Chagla, associate professor at McMaster University, to discuss the upcoming respiratory season and the RSV vaccine.
Canadian Arexvy Product Monograph: AREXVY English Product Monograph (gsk.com)
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. George Zhanel, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiologist and Research Director for CARA, to discuss the CLEAR registry.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. Shaqil Peermohamed, Infectious Diseases Physician at Vancouver Coastal Health, to discuss gamification in medicine.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. Jared Bullard and Dr. Carsten Krueger for a roundtable discussion on Congenital Syphilis.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. Jennifer Grant, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology specialist from Vancouver, BC to discuss the ASPIRES Program.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. Marthe Charles, Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Specialist from Vancouver, BC to discuss new molecular diagnostics.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal, Canadian Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, summarizes the CARSS report for 2022.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. David Alexander, PhD Microbiologist in Winnipeg, to discuss Disseminated Gonorrhea Infections.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Jason Brophy, Infectious Diseases Pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, to review Dolutegravir, an antiretroviral agent for the treatment of HIV.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Mahli Brindamour, Pediatrician with the Saskatchewan TB Prevention and Control program, to discuss Complicated TB cases.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Rachel Dwilow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician at Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, to discuss the Tuberculosis Guideline Update for Canada.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes 2 special guests; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Dr. Jason Newland in St. Louis as well as Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Dr. Michelle Mitchell in Milwaukee, to discuss the importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Ari Bitnun, Professor of Pediatrics at University of Toronto, to discuss CMV in Canada.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Saskatoon pharmacist Carley Pozniak to review Cabenuva, an antiretroviral agent for HIV. Cabenuva (Cabotegravir Extended Release Injectable Suspension) has been approved in 2020 for medical use in Canada.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal, pediatric infectious disease physician, reviews Balxoavir Marboxil, an oral antiviral medication for treatment of influenza A and influenza B flu. Baloxavir was approved for medical use in Canada in 2020.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Ameeta Singh, Infectious Diseases Specialist in Edmonton Alberta, to discuss the rising cases of syphilis in Canada.
Dr. Rupeena Purewal, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, summarizes the key findings from the 2020 Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (CARSS) Report. CARSS is Canada's national system for reporting on antimicrobial use and is one of the Public Health Agency of Canada's commitments as part of the Pan-Canadian framework for action on antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use.