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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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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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% d6 J: U- S; ?' Q& A; Q4 eAlberta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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0 @, l, l: H" s2 |) m2 P7 I1 zSkuba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。8 e1 m; W x: }- H2 M1 t' ]
$ Y% z5 a; ?! D8 e6 [自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。( K4 P8 r5 E6 z3 s7 U
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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。
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( @5 x8 _! G$ `- M“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。”
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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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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。# d2 F% |0 Z9 x. X2 C7 [
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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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) H- g- N8 I9 p# P, B. S8 z0 MEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B I/ R0 J3 L& Z- T# R
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
9 Y) G. l9 Q( Y- J3 y' _7 w% XLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
' ]& u5 b* H# ?( fPublic 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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 2 V2 h/ T1 U$ e' h" 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 V; S/ t( G ~, o( u# M. v
1 R6 W# m0 B. a6 T3 l3 UWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.3 s& q% W) P* z& X. o! F; P9 Z
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) # d, w7 i5 w U; j; Q9 m0 J( l3 S
"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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, `+ F6 o& p0 f# F/ A; NHepatitis 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.; J" w) p9 M# M) k
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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.6 S, r, Z+ e% G8 b& j' k
0 C# k# @: G! a) T6 bCapital 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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