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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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2 G2 f# A& T6 t( } U% e3 r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。/ b, F. d- E' L- _2 c/ K& P
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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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$ G* r H1 h, v9 P9 L ?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- b) C9 P" K) ^; E9 E1 d自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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9 o" W/ ?( ~+ c. Q1 J9 X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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, v2 n* T* V3 i# ~“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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6 N2 Z! |0 o; s- N5 aPredy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。6 ?6 X6 P2 O7 `! l$ d, q
4 e2 x" }; l8 s5 w" M% g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! E- }6 k7 H
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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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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
* ^2 z* t7 E7 `! EPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.+ N) n1 z& E' M- A& w. ~
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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)
4 \/ h1 D9 ]5 t4 X+ f" ZThe 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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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 2001.9 j9 U, ]. j" ]8 M8 ?- j
4 t2 ]1 `0 E# G% O. v"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.7 V1 g7 V) W& `& s
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ( ?( r5 r) a/ ?! G& O0 D
"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.
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5 [! B. R7 H2 ]& @2 \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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