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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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; H R- h. ~- I0 a+ m0 ]6 ]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。. m1 |. ~( }, H* O9 I/ L0 h
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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7 G9 t3 e6 p0 v- O N9 D9 m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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! ^+ A& _* Q/ d0 }2 h0 ~“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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- T- ^, K0 B; l$ X5 z- Z8 @- ^' IPredy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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' ]" `, F6 W0 b' N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。' n% a* J" x" Y! f3 l
8 k5 a$ p1 V! ?# J. _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 R$ I" E1 a- U% H( B q0 M3 Z
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) S f$ C0 o: t7 @Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B/ y3 Q& o: [" B5 q/ k; a$ \' R
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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.) z; M' @ k, N) G; _+ P( A9 [5 F
% K4 Y! N0 @" {8 Y+ f: w) c/ VPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) - |0 a" ^( @# A+ `% h4 R
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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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3 }2 z/ f E) J) \. l% fWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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) q" Q7 a, o7 F/ }2 i"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.4 \( Q' g0 P6 m$ r) b( G+ s% [
: W0 @3 ]7 m: f, d$ i; z- \Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ( q' y3 E5 w" k: l$ H6 ?
"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."* C2 d4 K! p% o
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2 I4 j8 }' L4 U' f" ~* zOfficials 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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. v6 r G* n( x& S' |- JCapital 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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