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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性' I* u0 C; p: s, N' 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。
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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。
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。- u9 W. n8 m( g/ b5 ^ @
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( p+ N6 }9 R5 O: Z" j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。2 ~( W4 u: F, h3 ?% Y P
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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。”0 `& C4 \1 T. [6 m& ~
& H+ S9 K1 E, F7 q h/ K5 ?# T" mPredy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。- W2 d+ g. a7 D' V
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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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# C% W6 Z* @% A/ @ D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。+ _8 k \4 V H# ]
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7 H' x" b9 j& G5 aEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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5 K; E) Z" q$ |$ V! T% Q8 D- J, SLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
: v7 j/ E! A3 T8 Q/ BPublic 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)
6 Q' s, Z7 b; p) QThe 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.. e! N S/ P# \ q% ?
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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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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.9 d& |( a( R$ D0 w, k5 g
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.3 n$ p3 |, W+ ~. J+ j% L4 `8 M
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
# M2 A* @) @# q& d7 \ t- H' S* q" L! B"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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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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# r& r; t! g2 pOfficials 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.2 \& H0 ~/ U, S/ T
0 _- g5 l# I+ j. K( ^2 O! x' ]" W, }- _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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