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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性+ F \$ x, q+ K0 Z7 ^/ s" w
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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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% k" Q1 X) D: V6 y4 z T* d: fAlberta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。 \. u: v" @( x& ~0 A
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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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" r9 O4 U9 z( Z$ c自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。( u1 {: d& t" O, L8 ?
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( r0 U2 K6 V3 o% {$ W0 O% v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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“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。2 D- u4 D1 c4 H( N/ f
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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。, f+ w/ ^7 _$ a# Y
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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。. E0 p, v6 {* u
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; u9 Y3 W# G D0 `8 {. K- lEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ( X: t7 k4 ^1 Q5 D2 p ]
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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) " N$ s- C: q( O( n% O
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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: _; z l; \$ k* n0 d 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.* r- E& }2 w$ g7 L" P& K& y7 R; v
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.1 l. J T: W: A# R) o( Y
4 D6 D5 {- ^* H) l2 |8 _Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) - z2 `& b# }" t
"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.") ~' l4 A# ]3 e' P9 S/ p+ K
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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./ @" T- {! @1 u, x4 E
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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.) k6 N+ T0 J9 K8 y0 {6 k0 ~% N/ t0 R6 K
( I0 _+ b& j4 u& L4 LCapital 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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