Do we really understand what we want or need out of antimicrobial stewardship programs ?

Department of Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Royal University Hospital & the Saskatoon Health Region, Departments of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology & Ophthalmology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +1 306 655 6943; Fax: +1 306 655 6947; [email protected] “Maintaining our existing drug repertoire is the only strategy available for drug longevity but this will be difficult.”