 鲜花( 5)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
0 y8 Q; ^% s! Y8 T3 e& _
2 Q N0 T: ^5 L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。
& M+ @: @" g/ z: S" b9 j- A
5 A6 a; S* @3 p7 s( ]Alberta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。9 j0 F" x) h! ]* Z$ b9 E( E* h
9 i5 @% {$ W) hSkuba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。( G0 l3 q9 U6 b: k3 E+ u
# j, j8 s3 @4 C7 Z; Z0 v
自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
/ G* m1 {- T$ a4 ?: U( {6 a# ?/ N
: @2 }* N1 `1 J- H7 ]8 U( A1 E7 \0 P4 e6 Y/ [) r. m; p+ G& Y
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。
3 T1 u+ U3 T# V6 t
/ X1 @' S8 r: _/ ^- w, i1 i' w
& B8 N( a {9 T$ t3 `4 e" h6 I6 q“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。”
% T( ^4 x, _9 [+ [# |' q% a9 h
+ l2 f: S7 F$ X3 N- s3 HPredy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。2 a f h0 y& _- S; E1 ~
7 s& p: K ^8 k( a) A: H$ {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。
' R- R. f4 f$ X$ {
0 d* d* B% b+ U( K$ }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。; W( f3 f0 s- s$ u4 ~
9 `8 g: k7 }, l: M
. v6 ?& k' V7 Q. K; W! zEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B( N- ^, ^& F( e0 _% I
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
0 [0 j( S9 a' G1 b& QLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ! d L0 I' f i2 b
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.. _% L5 G) N6 R$ X6 a# W" h: T
/ c. h8 C+ U. T5 u
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
. Y& q b/ `0 n5 lThe 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.
/ |4 w |, e! @$ `
; w- I1 g- `4 v! A6 l' MWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.( P; ?6 h' u5 ^& P" d5 G
, k) \& J, n6 `$ m$ A8 V! HWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
# b8 [+ F5 r1 d* m5 a( i: ^. E0 [0 s- k+ t1 L
"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
" A* ~ q6 Z( q0 s G0 s f! C% C1 I
Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
3 t+ e% S! I \7 A9 d- e, x# U"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."1 n2 w$ t+ H4 h, {
' A+ U4 q! s# d# C; s1 n' \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.- M) s/ P/ t) `6 @6 `1 b, y
! I9 Q6 T6 e+ c6 POfficials 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.
+ z$ l6 D$ _& L" N
- _7 n, b6 J5 ^' w9 R; m( r$ ?) ^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. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2008-6-17 19:06
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2008-6-17 19:21
楼主
发表于 2008-6-18 06:38
