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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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; k/ S9 D$ a7 l# _ ?( g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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- J- U/ k+ S! i) e% n& YAlberta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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; h( w6 g0 I" j, {6 I6 rSkuba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。5 V+ M7 W5 o! z3 o! L; v5 k
, d- I# u7 c. O( _7 W自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。; B6 ]/ ~; ~- r9 q- H
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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。4 S2 _3 W# [. [# k4 r6 ^( o
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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。”" r7 H' f/ V4 S( a2 I |! W- P
Q# m+ c: o0 y- o8 XPredy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。3 U# L0 q' H! L r- W3 M4 q$ |
& \$ Q1 v. L* v1 ]! M* N* 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。7 f' C! M" ~; f" d& G3 ?
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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。6 V6 N0 p! @; V) x
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7 j2 a- q' s6 lEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B# B$ x) K2 `7 o# {# Y, N: P
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
$ @- h* `# g9 m% X' \1 ULast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News y ^+ g7 A5 L
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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& Y; e6 r. P& m6 i. TPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
0 N) s5 k( j% v9 }# c7 @4 iThe 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.1 m$ j1 A, y- K/ ~
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.! i3 Z& o! \0 ]1 |7 a. |2 V
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.8 C% m# h$ c6 ?, e: j
& d: S# J6 n: {"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) , v& U6 i5 B" L) _! b! 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."
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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.) R: u2 j7 v5 u( ]( J9 b7 \
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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.
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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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