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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性5 c7 u3 @% ]" \# E
) L" K# `, g. K# S7 U' r X( y0 p- i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。! m; u' W4 ~( t) s+ F8 h1 M* c
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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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3 n" E( H+ f1 d- 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。# W! w8 B& j* E. n
+ z9 C* b8 Y7 K% ^) }自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。$ |3 A5 J( i7 K) H3 ?! u
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8 Y6 a; \5 p) E7 y9 X6 h& X& @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 }" d& T0 x- G+ n1 m1 y
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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。”
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# o4 F V" F. a9 h+ L% Z; SPredy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。3 f$ ?, z. M9 _9 a4 Y! H
' D# y' O: |* Q; v0 K7 X. t+ L0 q& k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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) J8 D- k2 e7 a9 b% a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。
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! a1 @5 q6 n, }7 S6 cEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B7 V2 I8 y0 c# C# ?$ E
Risk to patients is very low: health officials+ T$ G# i$ U9 s7 R; m
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
# d# O+ R, a4 _Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.8 h$ O- [" c/ U- N. z
7 i) J5 @$ s2 q! F+ oPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) + j" T6 {" |& P0 D% l9 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.! x" r& u$ m g7 Y6 m) f
$ Y. d9 n9 ^8 r! d4 TWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.: b$ ]1 _ h9 n# e" [% Q- r& K% d- b
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.0 C& `% [- r9 A0 t. t7 J
! P$ A3 r; z& M: b6 X"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) - w3 D* c( h( \4 W/ x
"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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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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$ T- g3 A5 d. }( t7 w b& g8 d }9 a% cCapital 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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