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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。2 [2 p' ?+ O& N# t( G! X
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Alberta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。/ K* e3 Y. b, ]9 ^
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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。+ f/ b5 H: d: y2 X: v3 i9 x! a# B
& J' I. I* ~1 s& [( y自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。+ l% c5 w. A+ V# L( t$ ~7 F; B
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' I* [" h% i: K: _6 `- ]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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“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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# s9 N# h. N7 W( b, 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。
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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。+ C6 {- ]5 T3 c) m+ v6 t. v
6 q/ h4 C" Z; P1 _# d' n+ E1 h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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9 P! V) Q3 V, b) V$ S n" HEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 t# w6 |% u/ M0 o, e; L; O1 C4 E
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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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
0 d+ F. Q1 R6 P# yThe 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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% P) y" W4 a# r6 o, 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 2001.3 B9 p' k/ ~" ^; |0 e
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday./ r5 E$ C( Z- m
6 M* f4 B0 a, @3 @( A9 x3 pDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
* i4 d2 H, w# y$ Y2 V"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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7 g* t4 U" L9 |( XHepatitis 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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5 A! a9 I9 o! z9 L1 nCapital 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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