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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。8 J; a, ^, N3 K
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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。
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0 d# y7 d, n$ E s7 y2 cSkuba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。& O" {2 J0 E) Y$ x: p' m: x$ r( E
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。! }* K2 @: L1 b& c7 C4 p
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( ~3 L5 z9 B2 G" w+ H8 Y' ^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。# ~; X7 z. ^. S- A8 ^( H1 H. `" T8 j
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+ Z! N2 O% Q6 B“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。”% j. o* H0 C* j2 ?4 D& m0 c
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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。. e( g- k1 x5 [: T0 q7 k
2 w- s: d, {1 N2 O) ?: Y4 C U0 U/ C* J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。 @+ p% a H+ W# `- s
* F8 e; l9 l9 z( r) N. l) |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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, c+ n* }, S/ ~Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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9 R4 T. r" `8 }8 v0 I; ?Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
% g# q' h; L) |Public 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) . C5 o! D8 T( }9 R% D$ ?
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.4 V2 N/ c! w( Y, G$ j
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Wong 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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7 j4 C5 ~" I7 I6 s4 ]0 q+ X5 T, x4 p0 g"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
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$ u# z! o9 u+ V7 N7 J5 F# ?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 O6 e9 W9 Q- n: A# V. D" AOfficials 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.3 T+ B4 D6 l+ @
u b% s2 p$ }4 q% M+ z3 OCapital 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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