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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性. T7 W8 P N7 Z# Y% c( Y& h2 j7 D' _
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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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* f; W/ g8 \) g& N6 X: t9 VAlberta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。( I1 C$ R- G- h; x5 P2 M# ]
0 P) U$ b/ W# K2 t: \, @4 USkuba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。7 ]5 n) Q. y; u4 c+ C9 ?) h
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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。" O6 B) U# `0 x! e6 v
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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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: Z+ G; Z7 |$ t+ SPredy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。% i# S0 V* l3 U) r3 [
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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。: p: A; S5 f/ a5 `* H/ d/ R; 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。
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
% a' Y6 Z+ I/ [2 @1 }Risk to patients is very low: health officials
1 k7 b6 P4 R0 C/ D; f* |Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
: r( _: N% |3 g& c$ L+ NPublic 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) $ o: D$ i: M7 O( m- i& {$ H3 k
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.3 q1 J- d# t6 P$ I$ u4 N
" h2 ^! k% _7 {; J" N$ i/ FWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.* y- X; k2 Y( X Y+ }9 F4 W+ [
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.5 G1 f+ B9 ]% V1 l/ ]
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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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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
0 u) b" G" ]- p/ W$ h"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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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.+ o }, k# r9 c! Y9 l
2 D' ]7 ~7 B& _ G3 g/ {: YCapital 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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