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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性' Z! L7 g7 `+ F$ O; B% | 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。, I7 M# a% T: r; m* R; {
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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。! W6 ~3 |9 @5 F
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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 Z7 A$ }1 g7 ^4 V2 |7 ~自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。2 w. A$ k% i8 B8 }. G+ q4 y; L- v; f6 {
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: j) r0 F: o+ [) i- G8 v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。, w) N1 @4 `0 a+ ^9 N1 J2 k% t; q0 s& \
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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。”, G' j( @# _8 t" Y7 M
9 Q; i# a* O [5 KPredy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。
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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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, i, E- G3 a! C+ T0 s+ z5 g) k( ^Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News : G x4 U# M$ ^0 u& x0 {; ]& k8 g
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.; e' Z7 Q9 U' w" w
- U. ^7 ^: B7 y2 W% VPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
3 P' w- o" t& L& ?" j8 I: u* AThe 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.2 M5 U5 A. Z! t' H3 q5 ?
1 a+ m9 f4 X4 p; t* yWong 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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* U9 g. i B( a7 p% o, fDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
% f' p% b- X9 }+ X- q"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."+ U |+ p6 u$ [4 d! q4 _( r h
- r+ O% e' _. e' DHepatitis 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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+ Q8 i+ {# k F8 lOfficials 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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# z l% q- C+ } c: pCapital 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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