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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性) _4 S4 t, r! N" E7 q. I
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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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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。! V( V5 d3 O" w4 L, O
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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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9 b5 j/ C, ~, H, l/ E( B自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。2 w7 x; ^5 Y" N; Y: V
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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。3 _6 ~) d1 y4 S' \ [# D
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` F. {4 r( B! [$ ~( n“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。”8 t, r- D& m; p' n6 {8 O. z
! `- V& N( V* L7 A0 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。# p0 V# C+ h" H% e6 _
5 }% d' O1 T) A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。
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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。; k2 U, T! w9 |6 h( o$ o
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$ k' @. k6 _ \$ s; Y: n; m& B! c0 oEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B# q2 ]) f; Z( O/ `* V: `7 M1 {
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
' Q0 @* @6 ~+ G, |: `- T/ A+ ]Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 2 F5 H# {7 c g) t
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.1 o9 ?- F c) v3 B
5 D& Q( F7 @6 `* q3 @Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) , w- }. [. a9 y9 ~2 h
The 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.9 f: U7 Q: |# T, ~4 H
$ l" [- b/ ~2 s" m4 [Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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* s, S/ z5 D6 y' y$ E' o0 M+ ?: {Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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/ m z( y9 s. O( F' h; f I"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.% ?; H" D3 x+ I, A: ~! |
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) & Y* b" z. l M+ y; \
"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.". i7 P) P1 p9 g% r
6 }5 D4 \0 h! oHepatitis 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. h! l9 O2 j# ^$ O* _' J
5 Q+ u' p0 e# I5 SOfficials 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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