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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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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。. r. F/ R% D, {9 i6 c, ]2 h
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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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( I1 y2 z' X5 u6 p' C自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。/ k6 n4 h0 n0 Z+ e
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: m+ Z! r$ X' H7 k# ]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。( q0 ?; L% E. ?, {: F2 Y
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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。”) H, w4 s5 i% x9 Q9 B8 ?
1 J$ U; e5 h, N* f+ gPredy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。9 B, D& \+ I7 P6 @ H7 P$ a
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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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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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5 _0 D X8 C6 d9 e& FEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B' a( m6 m4 d7 u; o+ v g
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
( `& z0 g6 w) O) s7 pLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
1 q5 E, D* [8 uPublic 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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6 b8 ]4 R" s# j, ~Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) # T0 N4 B* B/ p3 C, m1 l, z) C. c5 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.& ~& \8 H+ ^& r+ B" L
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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# J7 d( [5 G9 I. B( p"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) * t) z- w% l- C- Y
"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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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.- N& [0 V7 t; A' w+ [# s+ U
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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.' [" Z* ?' `1 t7 v
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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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