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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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: p" j* g/ G: l" s* v U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。' P/ Q& l/ s) l8 E/ P, P
5 P- `; H S; r* _; NAlberta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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6 H4 M. S( \# A7 p6 r dSkuba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。
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: c* Y* V# @" G5 {% C0 B自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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, E2 y2 f4 e' I, J1 F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。; e# ~, z( A! {1 [3 U. s
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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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! V! [& ^, k5 A" X9 \& I* V8 o1 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。, q* B4 K; Q1 \7 G# {0 d7 [
: X3 a# k9 L, C" X4 D' x, k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 i8 }% U- z9 J Y3 H5 QEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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* }. W6 B, u& R4 ~& K* \! FLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News $ e0 O, h* \- q5 j
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.% I: C* A' _2 e) z6 S. n
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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) % W4 c; V6 e- Y1 h& |
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.6 p5 [" \! g7 L9 E8 e# }& P- e
- i" ]& }: T* Z# s3 oWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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4 `& d3 `+ p4 qWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.4 }* \1 b& M' c7 b" C
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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)
- X- X$ T* h+ z# p"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."- |8 }' i$ ~( ~& r/ f! m& d3 Z
$ ?3 J6 N4 W; O [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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# ^$ H+ {" w* q9 qOfficials 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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