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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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( \ J1 o8 C+ 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。
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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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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 R/ s* Z2 ~; E7 c- b. d
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自从2001年,Wong一直在Edmonton实习。2 g9 ?+ U/ m& U" E1 z( K0 M/ _: n
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* a% y* X3 g3 P+ b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。* ?& C! p( U$ y+ }0 K, q) K* F/ B
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2 |- r, T( w: x- M' S“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。”& l2 A2 p: d0 W G/ T
9 s' p' U0 k% \$ s, f; zPredy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。- j; c. b/ ~! p! V4 H3 u" X& ]* ~
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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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- N: T5 L' S) O, o4 AEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B5 U+ C' m% b3 o# W
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.( T* i" w& t, g) A
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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) ( B# X& [% e5 F5 g3 G) E
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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said." o8 M6 ?+ P" j. N2 d6 b
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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9 P9 j4 i# S) D% z" ?- U"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday./ b8 w$ y: E. n1 M4 E
0 X1 ]; i4 s2 I5 `2 K- iDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
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4 l( b% a/ H; tHepatitis 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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! G8 E0 \- \! s% ~2 ] q7 QCapital 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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