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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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7 F/ \" i7 m: I& e8 ~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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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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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。5 W1 @% r' S5 f
3 b+ y. G# D# x$ j' k自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。! n& B4 A# i' [% d7 D. v
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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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* F" X+ p+ o. D) T3 b; g- L“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。”- }' ?1 K( l% u
2 W* m ?& D9 I7 q. EPredy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。3 F% u$ |% k& `; n( c9 q }
. B$ {6 L9 `, ] ` G; }9 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。2 v+ y# l+ Z* ~
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B: ~! N2 [( l; u2 |& J
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
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3 a8 b# u; R" Q) A4 u uPublic 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) & ^ c1 `( s7 d% m" \3 _. a
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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/ C+ @% g- _; H$ k- p8 [$ UWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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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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7 i& Q+ S$ c) D% eDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ) }1 I4 Q: K' m$ V1 E$ Z
"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."9 u& G+ c; Y8 f# l
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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.
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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.1 A7 H$ g- Z8 ^ O
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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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