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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。7 `, k, C1 {+ ^; ^7 ~/ J3 J7 L9 }
( s1 p5 o# ~, K6 iAlberta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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9 S3 f n' N7 o5 v+ d6 p) U- XSkuba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。( W" \2 U2 K( o8 m3 t. q
$ `6 B$ N0 o! N' T自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。( v* j8 _. v/ H( Y; |% i
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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。0 o) ^( b, q, H' p& t/ o% A! j
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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。”/ o5 j- B7 Z& E' t; p8 z6 T
& C/ p3 g! p" O& W4 u3 TPredy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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7 B& v1 P( o& ^( O( s; o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。( Z2 ?& N: e% T
6 ^/ @/ J- k/ C2 k* P! \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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7 [5 u4 C% {; w% E# W# UEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B9 |6 x a+ _5 I8 e8 n7 x7 R8 d
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
' Y% h( J: Y' QLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
* F2 Z6 Q4 m0 V6 ePublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday. X; W% l# _$ P
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
0 W" q4 g" R4 Z7 F: r; u1 sThe 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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' {6 i' R6 W1 x1 d& y4 sWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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" Z! X. A) e( `% sWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.* ^/ v" d% M4 v+ F: s& i8 s
' G+ C9 Z4 n" _( [* l, X8 b"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) ( D9 |0 D, E/ o# 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." F( ]) @& `1 `( N. e6 Q m
, x( r3 Z" Z, |6 a3 HHepatitis 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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9 z/ i6 J( N3 j' b: 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.
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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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