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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性% I& v" V. E7 U9 z* W5 M* Q
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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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4 M. l7 E8 |! iAlberta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。1 V4 y4 m. O: S# _: p9 X
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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! P/ |8 E! g- f# O+ z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。4 G8 m% m, x8 \# o! N! c- I) g
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) U; v4 S1 A( z6 I7 G+ w“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。”1 A% G# \$ m; q" F6 G
3 h. A% [. z( m$ E% s8 z) x& x& iPredy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。: y$ Q8 g! F0 s! d4 W% `- I0 i5 I
9 h& P r" w% q2 z: y& ]6 S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。/ x$ w( q/ X( p; J
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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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6 P0 i+ v" h' x' p* ^Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
9 S1 D- a. E& J& SRisk to patients is very low: health officials6 N; z8 E* \; D9 m8 p/ b2 ^
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News * Q/ V) Q# u& l8 T+ [; k' A
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) - c" x, z8 Q2 U( y1 s8 C' A
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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( f( k! K2 Z7 ^3 X$ h8 G7 {/ f* A7 vWong 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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' ^1 l* G w5 P6 p9 |Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
- O" w. B" M9 y% m' I% W"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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% ]0 @7 s' @; B. |( bHepatitis 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.$ s- M6 O5 D8 [, S s
4 `/ [4 M( f. X! ?! _# TOfficials 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.. E+ l0 `2 U% C, x+ {* O6 O
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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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