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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。
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( C. r- W1 \% q+ H4 T2 w/ h/ OAlberta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。0 q9 \* }8 z7 ~3 j
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。 J0 U1 c6 ~9 N& K' ^4 r
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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。
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/ H5 L3 x8 y( }! z3 r0 V“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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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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( T9 G9 Y8 J% K0 r) z# h) Z" W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。! {& v, P. Q4 ^: J
4 u I) T* ^ V5 r% Y: u: C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。& P- `* W) J! f; B4 q
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
' [. N# G! h% q+ s7 F T. IPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.! [; H( ]) F9 ]4 B" l' g* p
+ @% T% N6 V/ ~8 Y) HPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
$ t% m! W5 R: l; M$ Q0 T% hThe 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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.( _& Q, b! D |5 W: {
& I4 z( f* C9 K5 c/ o4 _- RWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.( i+ B) s" f; A7 [1 [. U
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$ W+ x/ |( e% e; e% X/ }' bDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
- J/ F! w$ G# `" e0 E"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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% |5 A2 S- {& Q0 {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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5 O& a! v, }5 r% uOfficials 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.6 j1 [8 f, e% e) o7 g `- ~
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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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