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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性0 W' N- {. K8 h/ z4 A
f$ D2 q+ @( y0 P% w3 _; ]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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3 S) O3 l! C! a; CAlberta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。" ]3 Q: ^/ y$ @' v) D8 Y* p
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。8 p, T8 a; {7 n! C/ u
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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。”3 m2 m$ a- C7 \4 R: `( J! `4 b7 Y
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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。
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& p8 Y$ b" p6 z$ h7 y& N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。1 M' Y( u" G4 v& B, s
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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。 d; W. T* P& c
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4 |/ L0 L5 ]$ T; f$ b- ~Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B1 H+ o4 [- v$ N, _( h8 y, q
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
2 \5 T: m5 u# _' a1 z; w# W zPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.# E% p* ~! @+ N; a- G5 o) j
% y# @, h- v$ a: M: e$ ~2 Y8 HPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
3 l: N: n: N) \5 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.
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' H: T# Y: d# WWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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( G5 h0 J# x% T& h% iWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.5 [# T# H }+ B# ?, j
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.+ b* C7 x6 W2 ]
* Y& Z6 N& c# F- Z( U+ ]Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ! p" N j* o' W! J
"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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8 m. N( b( V# l2 i) _4 LHepatitis 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.- n# N6 b h: |8 d2 g
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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. V* n8 g W; p
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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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