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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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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。6 z- o6 e& t0 o- ~
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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 i- n2 Z1 E/ t" J2 W3 P# f0 W( W) k
, A$ ]* w/ t- e) g自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。# R% g/ a% ^: P: N& A, c
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9 [! q: y& P" H+ N# b7 L* X: K8 \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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' b2 q" R+ f7 x# y: i( r“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。”: c2 D. c1 }' K+ l" O2 [: z1 T
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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。) x" x1 ?* e0 j4 U& k0 @2 E
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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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$ G8 a" E. q V5 g+ ?# f2 ?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。; k, x. M5 m* r V6 v$ N; C
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B+ n- o J( R6 \& @ H
Risk to patients is very low: health officials2 [" }' M5 M7 K3 `1 u
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
% G) ]$ N8 w. TPublic 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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5 M9 C$ M4 I& @( EPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
& i) r6 w* G( J- JThe 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.
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; s6 F2 y) X! C1 `1 d" hWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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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) ( Q. g! F0 w; D5 v
"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."" P3 {/ _1 G2 T& ]1 |, c, c8 r2 \( C# W
2 ^7 w/ ?1 Q5 n' z& j0 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.
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6 _; u, k' J% D# ?1 ]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 |9 O, ]; T& p% Z
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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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