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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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& l& e2 c( n4 c0 N4 B3 {/ l9 A今天(周二)公共卫生署说,他们正在寻找1,400名病人,因为给这些病人看病的牙医其乙肝化验结果呈阳性。* G# F5 V9 H3 j5 ~% x( a" l
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Alberta牙医协会与牙医学院主席,Jonathan Skuba博士今天下午在新闻发布会上告诉记者,37岁的牙医,Byron Wong,眼目前已经自动停止了他的实习,正主动配合卫生当局确保能找到所有这些病人。
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Skuba说,今年二月,当Wong被告知自己的乙肝化验呈阳性时,他立刻通知了牙医学院。
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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目前看来,病人被传染的可能性很小。卫生署医药官员,Gerry Predy博士在今天的新闻发布会上说。
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) l4 b4 v& k( q1 y9 y6 E“我们对该牙医传染乙肝病毒的危险性进行了风险分析,结果显示,传染的可能性非常小。我们估计其可能性大约在万分之一到时万分之一,可能接近十万分之一。”
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5 J7 r3 H4 |7 A! s% p, @Predy说,自从九十年代中期以来,乙肝预防一直是本省各学校免疫工程的一部分,所以20岁以下人群因该不至于被传染。
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由于可能性如此之小,官方甚至曾辩论是否有必要发布一个“公开警告”,但是,最终他们认为应该将情况告知大众。
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, Y0 |, Q9 r9 [! P) v: Y! Z7 A; k$ d近期,首都卫生署将开始接触Wong医生的1400个病人,对他们进行乙肝化验,这需要花费几个月的时间。
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
! [7 }/ i/ _3 T: ~* [* \. IPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.5 ~( i* k! Q$ l9 I* p# C
. i$ j, m% f0 Y0 k2 GPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
6 I \, {9 D7 X8 M/ Y- R2 eThe dentist, identified as Dr. Byron Wong, 37, has voluntarily stopped his practice, and is co-operating with the health authority to ensure all patients are contacted, Dr. Jonathan Skuba, president of the Alberta Dentist Association and College, told a news conference Tuesday afternoon.& J5 p( g- }8 J! I9 J8 F0 ]
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.+ J5 g. X" o1 k' Z+ L
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) E; ^& G) P2 Q! L"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.8 H( L" n9 P5 K+ I h
- k$ M0 P; Q& Z- q( _. kDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) . ]) m) Y7 h$ W6 D
"We did a risk analysis of the potential risk of this dentist transmitting the effect to his patient, and the risk is very small. We estimate somewhere 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 100,000, probably close to the 1 in 100,000 figure."
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) f. B/ u2 k& L$ d3 \Hepatitis B has been part of the province's school immunization program since the mid-1990s, so most people aged up to the mid-20s should be protected, Predy said.
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Officials even debated whether to issue a public warning because the risk is so small, but in the end, they concluded people would want to know, Predy said.
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$ l, ]! F8 ~# k2 N" s. h" J3 wCapital Health will start contacting Wong's 1,400 patients in the near future to offer them hepatitis B tests, a process that was expected to take a couple of months. |
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