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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性# v* B9 u5 a8 u
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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。3 ^. e( [! z7 E1 ~
: v4 g5 D. K x; ?0 s, U* m自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。2 q1 L) Q7 u' M5 Y% y v( a7 G) u
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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。4 K+ v- G' g/ G; ]
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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。”/ b& T! w) j4 h* e6 Q, \0 U1 |3 `
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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。/ [& H7 T M( W% z; Z- o
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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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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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2 G1 ]' _: A. d5 m9 o, BEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News / J4 n- j. K4 U( m
Public 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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) `% l1 S; b5 XPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
" u4 T& m9 G+ }' j6 }7 W$ zThe 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., O8 y8 V, z$ C
6 O, _- A, T# y5 \/ b3 p* n# rWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said./ f+ D* ^+ v8 X5 q6 C/ O6 w
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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6 R! y% C5 q! H4 n"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday." D! J/ R8 h) I& e
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) : _2 H/ ^7 {) ^2 p) b# H% P
"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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6 P# U7 D0 P3 v9 p* Y: E: e& EHepatitis 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.; q" U1 x7 M: E
# v* O Y% @0 f: q1 A/ P9 `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.7 i& g* a5 f! H4 V. P
6 u8 r7 T$ O `7 K C5 O! L7 ECapital 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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