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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性8 Y5 I6 P6 b, }
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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。( Q5 H1 J8 V: o$ `
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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。
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5 S4 v `) ], P8 }3 xSkuba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。6 B! g. W! V; o2 D8 G1 R6 }
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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。
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( g: h, }8 w/ P! E+ b3 t7 w% `/ q“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。”, @2 r1 l) f& O" K" @6 k9 a
+ P8 @4 P2 I& H; T4 h/ o" xPredy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。! X' A- u4 G2 Z' n9 p; U
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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。# j. w0 d5 D; D b) F$ [! j3 l
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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 * }6 n; U8 @; Z
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.) l8 N6 r, |# C6 o5 R9 o ~
( r# p/ t6 K1 o% kPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) w2 S: l6 a4 Q2 H. 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.
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2 \& {9 r( [" i R; z8 OWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.. o" d3 M" V4 [& c4 P; E5 b9 S2 V- j
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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: U" }/ D9 l6 z9 P"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.* |3 m7 B* t* j' r) |
) ~8 C% H* ^7 x7 g, m, T xDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
8 E: _4 ^* b( U! q O1 R. D2 A0 a"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."" i' M& D. z e7 |( C# a; O
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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., W: t$ i1 W- N& C1 d+ H( z
s" y( m9 n* U* y; BOfficials 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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