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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性1 J$ m$ C3 d6 p
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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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# P o, F& z6 tAlberta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。
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k0 A6 w' W' i自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。8 n d S* F5 H4 q* T3 {
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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。”6 f. R- W, h0 l
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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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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。5 K C4 k6 M! b6 Z5 d# P! r
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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。
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2 @8 r% R6 L" Y2 h$ JEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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, X5 u' g9 \* C( R! xLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 2 ?5 v) f7 H2 Y* S
Public 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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
7 k4 K4 u1 a7 A4 e( J$ v. u; }$ hThe 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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4 k5 h: x, R8 wWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.5 f# g+ P: P; ~& s# k
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.- e( i% y1 u1 d2 P4 h
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
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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.
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4 o; E8 i& K, A' rOfficials 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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