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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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9 ?6 p5 s. }/ c* S( {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。6 \4 X* @- M& S/ a+ s! T
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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。4 u, ?# B) l4 g9 ^3 O1 P5 w# ~
0 d% `8 c" C4 ^+ x. \7 U ?自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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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。
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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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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。9 C% t. W% P8 q& d0 S% U
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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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( P- L1 h0 O5 I0 y0 ], E/ C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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J5 @& \( K1 qEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B0 V4 `& L" t5 g/ w
Risk to patients is very low: health officials, f3 j* u5 s1 W2 Y# ]+ |; x
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
! @9 J) p2 s8 c3 r- [Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.! g; ]7 [: G& Y" ^1 r
- F9 G# j- [8 r1 VPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
+ `$ M- ~* `" i( J; W2 GThe 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.8 N8 Z; a' D6 f2 J/ Z0 R
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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.' S7 f, l3 ^4 F5 Z' g% O
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"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)
- U" p& P, \ z) i& g"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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1 P% i: C4 ^6 |! YHepatitis 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.( `1 I- j; ]3 [: {7 V
8 g% ]+ m4 r) \) d8 NOfficials 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.* _: n3 J4 X& T* W6 F
) s9 ]4 S% e) b; ?( \ _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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