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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。
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3 s0 q& D& O( V' l, GAlberta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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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。4 i: ~& q5 [5 R2 b4 x
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。 @; Z; P' C; g- b
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4 j& u- k7 k( l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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# h4 E- \$ V8 x7 z“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。”+ t0 W4 o8 [0 ~
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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。- U9 E; u! A9 h! E9 f, x
7 M0 b, {' P7 j4 j0 q6 `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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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。, Y4 b8 }' I1 ^( J- e
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C5 F$ `- ?3 @/ N- m# o* w8 iEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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$ K: {1 k: n9 v; `+ `1 mLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
, x9 a8 q& u0 n* E6 { H0 ~2 _Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.) g) v; n3 L' N
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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)
. M0 _/ t. E: z3 z$ G9 J7 a hThe 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.6 f2 }* e9 p- s7 e5 A! m" A
( g7 Q0 P. X/ N' x' 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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+ f; j2 ^& J5 v- E- N2 U"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.- f8 v, s! C4 `! J" d |" y
^' d5 Z; K+ d% s4 gDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ( }" z2 a: K. R$ X- g) j$ j
"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."2 [' A8 d$ }4 S% a3 h( f
3 \; H- v/ R, w/ y8 z2 O, Q4 RHepatitis 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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" a& R, o) z3 F; f5 y* ?/ uOfficials 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.* a; v/ |& q6 m* m* s. p7 r
1 B, \/ \0 K+ v. K+ _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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