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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。" y/ c2 Y2 t2 q7 p" T8 T+ B- W
* @ `! U/ h: W' S8 O4 uAlberta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。( i/ n5 i1 M4 I7 g7 X* E
o% o! `$ Y. k1 R. B& o# [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。”+ @5 v3 k0 ^- D$ Q4 ?3 q( w
- d) ?* H& X( LPredy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。
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, l) k; t; D1 |& 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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8 q6 o; V1 U" Y3 u/ c; p2 Y& L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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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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$ t/ D$ K1 C* ~1 G/ oLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
! V3 o, w0 p# o3 [% G# N+ O3 @Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.* {0 r8 ]1 f6 b6 Z
! m) M% M5 w4 S3 J% c1 u" h8 |3 `Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 7 D, c' p- O9 ^7 Y4 D A& N1 [; B
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.
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% |/ l: y% i8 L: w: Q" z, z9 j& fWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.1 R2 X- T d0 k) n! w- q
, V- B* D5 ^+ D$ y$ E0 R"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) ) m5 ?* @9 @% a# R; R2 C
"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."5 \" Y& ~& D. ~0 I- o- M, d
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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.7 z3 K! o8 g- ]& I9 Y9 W( s
3 q( Y8 O/ x! Q6 f7 xOfficials 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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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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