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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性1 _, f% C% ~& z v
% A2 y3 u5 y% X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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% j- r1 b( _% F4 D- ~8 QAlberta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 J5 M& ?5 f( s8 L5 P9 A' B8 K D5 Q
' B, a9 S3 p: q b% y% ?& G; S自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。) H( Q' J8 S0 s3 C
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6 u' D* c0 Q+ n: 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。# j s: Z; X; o7 A' L d" X- n6 F. X
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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。”4 Y: c- l" E. _+ _* E* a' I
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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。
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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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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。 |1 ~% d3 W j5 j
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( C, J3 ?9 Q1 \+ R& X3 |Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News # E; Q6 v4 `3 l* p' i2 P
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) 8 J& f7 A" G: n4 [
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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" t. A. |. N0 ]3 n. {0 j! m" j7 [Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.+ {- S9 M9 a$ c" Z8 F% v h
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/ v& @4 B' n R5 u" k. i6 B7 l7 ]"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.2 H1 p& K3 ]2 y% F% h
6 ^( c$ c, V! i$ }$ }Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) . E6 T: h5 e# Q* B: C. [
"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."4 f- w8 U! p$ \, k& m
, ?$ m2 ^) S- q7 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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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.
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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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