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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性8 ~. ~/ C: `5 W& \
- I, b* ?6 c. X' y9 |0 }! N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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! _) a! S: V( S! c4 f4 m& O) F; Z8 yAlberta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' A6 Y5 d+ x0 B. B
8 j: k# C. w( i' |" `+ C# qSkuba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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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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+ P( {. ^/ S* t- C- k! m& z( X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。) Z' v2 A. F2 n3 A& i9 a7 W J
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d# q/ I) a- x1 d“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。”5 `0 }; E. F4 {( c; g- |4 W7 k {
& B; a7 Z( x' |' U) z" KPredy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。1 X" V) y& a5 X5 h- d1 t) `- T+ N9 v5 N
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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。6 {. x8 z0 t& A' `( f
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' i o/ ?9 \2 G; V! U/ u; BEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B3 @4 m* }% h1 B8 g
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
1 g/ c+ h) b$ y6 t. i* G) d% O+ lPublic 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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' Z+ {/ I2 J. m$ _0 wPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
F. L' O8 w' m1 B: D: P$ _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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2 D# h4 N, \! P' Q, DWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said., J3 m# b) u" z2 {" L
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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.
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2 i$ a* V2 b% r& U4 y/ Y7 ]7 W4 S5 n4 SDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) : W, c- C! U4 }. z' M3 J; {3 k
"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."- B; e( v5 b2 i+ N( w! R' Q
/ K, r4 ?& j4 l$ KHepatitis 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.' J4 w9 l4 |2 i4 h0 p
2 G0 S' M: [# w6 ~6 T2 @/ OOfficials 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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