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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。5 O3 Z; S* \9 _* A- e2 y; l
% _- ]' h6 v4 D9 e5 T2 [/ oAlberta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。8 A$ S3 Y9 I+ }! `; I! x
8 I; g( j( B2 s, j6 CSkuba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。
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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" i5 z7 D8 m8 t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。- j$ X) t) a8 `# W$ X% _
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# U& a$ v0 ~: O, L- |& ~0 {“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。”$ c/ f8 m- M6 @" {2 g
7 r5 |/ U* Q2 E/ G, BPredy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。7 O0 K3 L& D7 B
0 [( ~0 p8 ]2 b$ N+ j/ g" R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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9 D" ^- l d% q: `5 J6 o# Y6 g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。! `1 J9 H/ ^) `8 M7 O$ \, i9 N) G g
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B+ ~3 i( s S! S* A
Risk to patients is very low: health officials2 O* f7 D! }- b" n( L
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 8 n' _, _7 ~2 E, N: x* a% z
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.8 z0 S& ]$ \! k" L) ]6 J* [
3 M* K9 X8 j0 s2 v' cPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) : w- K, T. T* Q+ S, L5 a
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.
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said." v8 i3 P3 U. a1 D- \; @" t
# @6 ]$ D" ~# N% R6 qWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.9 A. }: [/ ~9 D4 w
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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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h8 X3 m1 U6 M( u- |Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ; Z4 \% L, B' C8 V' n; 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."" l4 t* W" }: u6 [- n" I8 ^& z
# B& j7 o6 T6 T, P, `. W- H" VHepatitis 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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3 x) _$ K( K( }7 g% [; fOfficials 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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! C7 E5 X9 P* L- |9 gCapital 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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