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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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- F3 ]0 a+ b6 M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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: w1 u( u8 ?/ W$ C2 JAlberta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。6 y3 {+ X* Z( g0 U! z$ G" p, j
' S% Z8 Q9 E: w自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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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。$ o, f- y. E1 A U; [
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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。1 J5 O& ]; c* y
/ X" X" G/ r) i' h" C' t3 ~8 B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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/ W; ]" E( S p" x& K$ j8 Y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。0 E% Z" w& L- L, c& z4 Z
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& j0 d; B" ~4 Y3 H# {Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B; I1 y( ]: j2 M0 G
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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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1 w& ~9 q) e9 w/ L1 bPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
1 a1 M7 b" a; X+ P7 f! p4 k4 N$ mThe 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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3 R4 U d1 q) U. w! BWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.8 d1 B0 ]5 D! ?4 c* \
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.: f( T! k1 u# x- @$ ~2 v
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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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3 o) x9 E9 b) @, y9 n# ]% XDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 9 o8 i% X( I" F! U
"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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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.
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/ b+ a" @) P- w+ \1 \, ?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.8 w$ j( R3 G2 i
# L3 E0 {3 {) |1 X1 cCapital 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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