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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性0 f0 n9 }' M k3 ~) W
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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。! {5 i5 X* o7 i: F
5 T0 b' b& q4 bSkuba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。- P4 T! J; N; t( ~4 T7 T3 @
# a2 m8 `1 {" q+ a7 u) y自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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o, D/ {& d1 m; @. O& N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。3 r3 f9 N4 O; {& 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。”9 e+ _" H r- ?! R6 Y% ~8 W& D, F
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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。 v2 r8 q% [, ]3 b& D
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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。& n. V; J; v5 b! e
' J o- X# h' F* x9 ]+ 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。+ O7 t. }9 I! v, j- U- f, H
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
* ~0 L6 G/ X0 cRisk to patients is very low: health officials
' l4 S# I0 Z9 W" X2 B0 \2 lLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 4 D; S- X3 E: I8 i6 k5 [
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.# V8 M5 d5 y' z+ W) p; Y O3 R. b
6 `7 G) R) E/ I$ x# e" v$ B3 PPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
; c* C( j2 }2 W* V4 SThe 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.* _) F) q+ y$ ~2 d
% R( i4 [4 U! P9 e" r$ bWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.; w4 n9 D' e8 \, a- { Z6 z8 p
g& `) c4 y7 SWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001." ~3 a+ m X7 F( e8 a
6 g% c! C3 I0 D- a0 R ]"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday./ `3 t; f/ `9 o3 r
3 W% ^" y3 \) D% Q3 [) b1 iDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 9 x$ g" }8 @1 J3 I1 j
"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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% S9 {6 R: J8 J. P) NHepatitis 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. G8 \3 K$ r2 N! d3 `0 Q
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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.
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: z' l* b& V5 Y8 I# J7 G( C6 MCapital 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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