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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。7 h0 D- V0 y! r& b) `$ A
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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。" j3 r( L2 k8 R: w; H2 c
" [" T: J5 k8 BSkuba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。. g$ N4 E. h* ?# @1 x1 k2 c/ \8 A$ @) u
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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。: ~( {8 W1 p) W I4 | l( D; e
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, T# @, w! _. k; B3 j“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。”- V9 h7 O3 [4 G& M
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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。1 q* P t) x: O% j
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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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" i) Z2 z, J7 t( [% M. \, Z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。7 b+ V/ d4 y/ w: T& u
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; X! g' ^/ y) `. oEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B' i4 g3 s! N% ^6 |/ A" ~2 f2 M4 d; Y
Risk to patients is very low: health officials2 A1 t. P* C* Q" n. @
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 6 \! I F2 j! k6 [ ^) H
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) ' d& _5 l- J- A. j' G; U
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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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.8 U6 W( X4 [; i6 F9 W' T( A8 w
. _( N8 }& _% c( G* T2 a- xDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 0 D9 \, T$ k. 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."
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' ?' d9 A: e }% M: M5 HHepatitis 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.- ?3 s' Y4 x7 y5 a* w
3 O$ M" o2 y, AOfficials 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.5 {& a& x5 V# u2 Z
: N/ c' _9 [/ J) 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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