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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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% |9 W; Z4 u" U( j; H: t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。
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3 b+ D9 [6 l. m/ w7 m. u, P2 RAlberta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。; q. I) O4 B- ]
$ H5 ~3 w/ A6 h4 cSkuba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。) m. i6 {$ R$ v% z: W
@8 q: }; R" L; Z" v! y4 X0 T2 T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。2 ` [$ a, P$ W9 I8 [$ k6 c
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- t% G0 C* Y* c“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。”: }5 @. Z- y- t0 W
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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。& N. h" M' d( ~
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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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$ N0 C9 K" R' f# }. c8 ~1 `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。# I& e9 f* |/ E' |+ o' ~
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B. l6 U4 n) y' x* Q" V9 M- r
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
3 b: z, O `$ Q. s7 dLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News % E8 N( l9 m' }
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.
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& C1 e) Z( p D1 RPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 2 H4 Z0 p; u1 y! \' e6 ~5 z# D* [
The 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.- ?+ u! O( O! ~+ i7 j
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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7 W; o( L+ t+ v* S0 X- @+ TWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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2 L$ C/ W0 M6 Y4 SDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 1 \! V( a( i6 j7 Q: }
"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."% F" d1 j0 K1 p, J2 v
, z E9 _: f) J! t+ M+ FHepatitis 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.% Z7 ^4 } m7 f- W+ _
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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." k9 B) F4 {& l+ p: ~
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Capital 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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