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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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+ a& F7 @+ S) f6 c+ D4 s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。3 C; E* F: N2 o" |, ]$ c
& S8 k3 s) N/ D% _+ k+ l/ \# [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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6 }7 X+ G& U) F- ^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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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。6 e; u/ y5 [+ _' f& k
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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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“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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7 X* e# a2 x8 Z) i: L* hPredy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。0 v. W. ]4 L1 t0 b' \' D
# H3 q/ g; q( k; U' c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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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B) w) m7 X) B7 T2 Q. O! [
Risk to patients is very low: health officials( O1 F O/ H; |8 w. n
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
% v, r2 C2 v/ H2 F7 x5 O8 A" dPublic 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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/ t/ P9 e. V$ [6 Z( f$ U( FPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) + b5 j. J" ?( f Y# v* R
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.
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3 u! o+ u+ }! g- F4 I' |5 {! s/ c- V1 D3 \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.; x9 C7 y+ t/ y8 { n. k; q, K
% ?1 c6 n0 c3 K) ?4 `"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.9 t% \) K. w/ y! \3 R# ^ M
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
( l; x7 `: ~! t% s" @3 t"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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* f. y9 }( G) T) u( Q! q0 J5 eHepatitis 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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; R& t, H% X8 Q' V FOfficials 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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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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