Ross Pennie

, FRCPC, MD

Professor
Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Brantford General Hospital
Microbiology Lab
Brantford, Ontario
519-751-5544 ext. 4351
rpennie@mcmaster.ca

Education and Professional Standing

• FRCPC Infectious Diseases, 1986
• FRCPC Paediatrics, 1984
• MD, Queen's University 1976

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Interests

• Use and abuse of antibiotics in outpatient practice
• Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media in children

Antibiotic Safety Zone

The "Antibiotic Safety Zone" is a collective pledge to use antibiotics in accordance with a set of principles aimed at decreasing unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions. The "Antibiotic Safety Zone" principles are designed for households, daycare centres and medical offices and serve as a practical guide for physicians, patients, families and daycare centres.

To identify your medical practice, daycare or household as an "Antibiotic Safety Zone" please refer to the posters below, display them, refer to them often, follow their advice as best you can, and encourage others to do the same.Feel free to copy and distribute these for educational purposes.

Home Use: handout poster

Daycare: handout poster Francais

Medical Office: handout poster Francais

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Selected Publications

• Malik A, Hui CPS, Pennie RA, Kirpalani H. Beyond the Complete Blood Cell Count and C-Reactive Protein: A Systematic Review of Modern Diagnostic Tests for Neonatal Sepsis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2003;157 511-516.
• Wiernikowski JT, Barr RD, Pennie R. Prospective evaluation of a policy of early discontinuation of antibiotics and discharge from hospital in children with cancer who develop fever. J Oncol Pharm Practice. 2001;6:76-84.
• Rasid MA, Quah BS, Pennie RA. Hand washing practice in the neonatal intensive care unit. Malaysian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1998; 10: 46-51. Publication delayed until July 2000.
• Pennie RA, Glavin V, Smaill FM. Experience with a Special Outpatient Antimicrobial Program at McMaster University Medical Centre in 1997. Canadian Infectious Disease Journal. 2000; 11 Suppl A:15A-16A.
• Cunney RJ, Bialachowski A, Thornley D, Smaill FM, Pennie RA. .An outbreak of Influenza A in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Jul;21(7):449-54.
• Pennie RA. Pneumococcal Vaccine: no more doubts even for the elderly. Canadian Family Physician. 1999; 45:2271-2272.
• Pennie RA. Welcome to the Antibiotic Safety Zone. A practical guide for physicians, patients, and child-care centres in the selective use of antibiotics in adults and children with acute respiratory infection. Canadian Journal of CME. 1999;11:51-68.