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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性! T" E9 L' [& u% J8 k/ S
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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。! f- J `" V1 c
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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。4 o+ } x! l# f' |6 O4 r
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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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' K; W0 e% y h& P3 i自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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4 N+ {% P9 @0 X8 P8 F7 y7 k& |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。6 o% z6 s! B2 x$ I) W
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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。”: Y2 `" o0 C, K) B
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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。4 U4 [9 l/ w( j7 J
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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。; \: A! q9 D* r: b3 a: E g
# M9 Z0 e) M! F" l8 l) W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。+ p/ d- Y% y {- g7 x0 b. G8 g9 C
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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& i- a: d k3 y1 S2 a2 {. jLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
5 K, h- X0 s/ Z1 e ?7 H" v. g8 qPublic 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)
% Q( Y# }2 c0 TThe 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.
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% q/ t: o/ _; X0 g. @Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.' H' T0 N: G& L
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.0 J1 o& a; }2 G' X0 L& n
, r: @; a+ T* |# X: N/ w- Q- p"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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& a2 V+ A$ ?! b# i& |9 D8 LDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) / E! q: D% W9 v( _
"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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- i" v& j) g- O$ vHepatitis 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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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.! p5 J* b8 i I: {4 l" m0 V" x
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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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