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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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5 W& }" K) B2 @* \4 z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。+ s6 G5 J; w2 f. D- E- [* O
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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。6 j$ {7 r# Z8 [: j- T
/ x8 k* ]. |9 tSkuba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。2 D! Q3 |0 j; H, R& ?( i% s
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。; N" F. G) }( z! b" w- Q
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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。0 E( W) j# B7 F" Q3 f/ X/ f
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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。 X/ q6 ~8 o' C2 ^# ~5 M2 Z
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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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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B5 P8 Q% [( }* B8 P8 j, z
Risk to patients is very low: health officials7 x) t3 R, a8 y
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
, s8 V8 K. f6 Z* l+ X" `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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! }2 z3 U! i& c, nPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) " J4 w$ G2 A) W; p$ q: k
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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! t8 L# w5 Q& y6 w; f9 @. p, Z( XWong 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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* b+ C& H5 t, U' D"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday." U; b# ?+ G. K! {* [6 r9 F
( y9 @ E% ?4 O/ S* Q$ nDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
' Y4 V2 `5 N* u: 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."# c& ?5 w7 i8 q6 k% A
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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.
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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.; Q$ w {- \( k; A
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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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