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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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* m; v) z8 g: y1 j% K. `5 F7 s- oAlberta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。 e0 I7 [' a- ?' f/ r5 I9 q3 }
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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。4 ^7 R% S) _, V9 a! o0 _, C: {0 _1 e! p
; i. o' J, L: `. |5 [) b自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。/ Q1 k! @5 G. F& z7 y Z
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, Y9 W& D. B7 p* [6 R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。$ T. J0 T5 A! h0 }( `# _
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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。”2 z3 G1 h/ U, h" v3 N& B! x- F; Y$ |
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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。- ?% k8 x% ]" G$ 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。6 E6 V( E/ t& B4 T
" |" |' U& Q, I. D* a; F5 E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。/ L# _1 b/ x/ U
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B% N4 y, ]6 h# {9 A) K- u6 G; X
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
4 r+ M# ]- k7 k7 ^$ t6 pPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.! g( Q$ N' s/ B, j) M$ j
! ~8 }6 x f ]+ ?Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) ) c9 c! N" Q4 Y! f4 E$ 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.; c; d; {+ s. l7 t0 C& v
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.& W& S2 f3 d5 W- o: ?6 X1 w
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"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)
/ k: B( N) n& V8 I"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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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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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.# |/ n& {/ d1 q* V. `% g' n+ D
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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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