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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性5 c `3 W$ p5 G7 A s
; J0 F2 g# q! I8 l Q) j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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- F- U, B! d- O7 H$ N( W8 _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。& s) u6 ?/ G7 L6 r' v
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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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. q8 \3 N- R+ Q9 q自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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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。" G+ F: W# v- G, L" o1 Q
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4 ?+ ^7 p3 Z' r# g$ \/ L1 Q( @- c“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。”' n2 ^& _& D( P$ Y* A2 ^) M
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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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8 Z& n. |5 B, [8 W4 T2 V9 f# @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。8 b' T/ d+ B* d
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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。- w# z/ r3 a$ A1 S0 a+ g3 |2 ^" U
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 h( F6 ]- H# m) W& J
Risk to patients is very low: health officials6 V! r$ U0 n8 `* }6 o; C+ K
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 7 J! H8 f# \. J% q
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.5 ~ I7 t% }) w/ t, A; T
2 G. e! H: ]3 b! n8 NPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
1 U% ]/ X5 x( L$ A4 X; l7 F! NThe 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." _/ ^0 j( ]: W. e; J
6 g, a( e( y- {; ^ iWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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. n7 A) q2 b5 L0 P0 t"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.2 i! @; d$ ~0 c" n( w/ m+ m( x
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
% N e% w( M' f9 y) i3 r"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.
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8 P3 t% _9 h( f7 \) mOfficials 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.' q; O/ J4 G4 A5 {, f! P
1 x I1 g$ Y8 V' \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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