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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性$ ^$ m" W, Z( ~1 T- B+ Y" _: T. N
& N+ A3 d% Y' `! m* b+ C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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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。7 ]# h# ^( M& @+ B6 _
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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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' [# b" e4 ]7 I# L) ]) F自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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: ?+ e) |: U' n8 W: m7 E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。/ Q% Y. r: J5 H' s# X
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“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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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。* T* u2 J* w' B% T
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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。: K) B w/ C+ d4 p s4 \
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2 l, h$ a8 G+ u6 LEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B/ v4 I+ X+ W3 T, r
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
' e% |+ G3 U/ I/ c1 _- ~Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
/ P( n6 [5 `. E3 i U9 F5 x' yPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.5 @' S. Y V5 O, o2 i. t0 Y7 Z5 d6 x8 q
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) L8 Z% y8 A. I- P% I7 p5 R, \
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.
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# n7 l9 I9 P& C# `& P9 V# f3 Q( JWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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Wong 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.* p( a: |6 T' B& z, {
$ m' K2 \; C, Y, i: hDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) # V! Q" A8 x9 y6 K3 ?
"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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* r3 M: H! D9 n4 xHepatitis 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.. x& v- @, s( C7 B, \) J* Z
( _# `+ q K4 |! X* nOfficials 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.( w3 A$ U# J; \2 ^
& @6 A. g+ W$ Y/ b" ?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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