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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性4 b7 d' f- Z+ \* Q2 Y( @
: N* z, R9 k* P; t8 l: a0 k- E. _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。! N2 L W" {! Z% {6 ?
3 k: T. ]& c+ N4 `, kAlberta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。
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' D: s, K( l3 lSkuba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。3 m/ i: r _% k& m6 a. r
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。: n% X# N3 j. P- P: j- c3 O
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5 b0 p; G* a) ~# v: j8 \/ N9 Y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。( B2 Y+ @# @) \/ p7 ?
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& j$ y3 ?; v5 @2 u“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。”6 o+ c( G' ?* ^) C$ B$ C! E
( ?! Z8 W4 t; l4 n4 ~1 M9 f5 X" rPredy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。) m o; G( Y7 J* o$ g, R/ ~: z
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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。2 C" e7 d9 ~0 E& u4 E) v' d: 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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) \* y- B! D, Q7 U- `Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 W1 L& l3 t" H6 X
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
+ |7 R' V7 b2 j. P+ _Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
7 X) T/ a/ c$ Z) H! r# c" N* yPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.1 F, I* c5 o* Q" J T
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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)
/ Q. E! Q- ~" F+ u( A* A: w4 bThe 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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Wong 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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; X; ]8 S' u! @1 F5 l# q) a A"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)
4 o! c2 v5 W& ~/ ?, }- E"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."" ^& u, D& P E- G) d! r/ [7 O
' J9 A& n( V" U) O! NHepatitis 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.1 `* |2 O8 [6 T: k: m" F; z
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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.
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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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