Ottawa过去10年内可能有7千人感染肝炎和艾滋病
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Ottawa Public Health Warning 6,800 People of Potential Health Risk
Phil Gaudreau
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Ottawa Public Health is investigating what they call a "non-hospital facility" where there's a slim chance as many as 6,800 people could have been infected with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV over the past 10 years.
They're calling the risk "less than one in a million" but are sending letters asking those who were exposed to get tested.
Public Health did not name the facility in question. Full details won't be released until early next week, and the investigation is ongoing.
Phil Gaudreau
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Ottawa Public Health is investigating what they call a "non-hospital facility" where there's a slim chance as many as 6,800 people could have been infected with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV over the past 10 years.
They're calling the risk "less than one in a million" but are sending letters asking those who were exposed to get tested.
Public Health did not name the facility in question. Full details won't be released until early next week, and the investigation is ongoing.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/10/15/ottawa-public-health.html
Ottawa says 6,800 exposed to infection risk
CBC News
Ottawa Public Health says it will send letters to nearly 7,000 people who had procedures at a local medical facility to warn them they may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.
Stressing that he is not aware of any people who have become ill, Ottawa's medical officer of health Isra Levy said the letters are being sent so people can be made aware of the risk.
"Even though the risk of infection to those who had the procedures related to this issue is very low, I wanted to ensure that affected patients are made aware of the situation, so they can consider being tested for these infections," said Levy, at a hastily called news conference on Saturday afternoon.
Ottawa Public Health said it has been investigating an unnamed non-hospital facility for the past several months because of "lapses in infection control."
Because OPH doesn't know exactly when the lapse started, the 6,800 patients who will be contacted by registered letter next week cover a 10-year period.
"We don't know how long the problem has been going on for. We were notified at public health earlier in the summer," Levy said.
Levy wouldn't say exactly what the "lapse" was, but did say there are a number of reasons why problems arise including the improper cleaning of equipment and inadequate sterilization.
The risk to patients is very low and that "at this time we are not aware of any person, any individual, who has become ill related to this lapse."
Levy said OPH will provide more information on the situation next week.
Ottawa says 6,800 exposed to infection risk
CBC News
Ottawa Public Health says it will send letters to nearly 7,000 people who had procedures at a local medical facility to warn them they may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.
Stressing that he is not aware of any people who have become ill, Ottawa's medical officer of health Isra Levy said the letters are being sent so people can be made aware of the risk.
"Even though the risk of infection to those who had the procedures related to this issue is very low, I wanted to ensure that affected patients are made aware of the situation, so they can consider being tested for these infections," said Levy, at a hastily called news conference on Saturday afternoon.
Ottawa Public Health said it has been investigating an unnamed non-hospital facility for the past several months because of "lapses in infection control."
Because OPH doesn't know exactly when the lapse started, the 6,800 patients who will be contacted by registered letter next week cover a 10-year period.
"We don't know how long the problem has been going on for. We were notified at public health earlier in the summer," Levy said.
Levy wouldn't say exactly what the "lapse" was, but did say there are a number of reasons why problems arise including the improper cleaning of equipment and inadequate sterilization.
The risk to patients is very low and that "at this time we are not aware of any person, any individual, who has become ill related to this lapse."
Levy said OPH will provide more information on the situation next week.
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Thousands of patients of Ottawa clinic at risk of HIV, Hepatitis
Thousands of patients of Ottawa clinic at risk of HIV, Hepatitis
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Thousands of patients of Ottawa clinic at risk of HIV, Hepatitis
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Ottawa - Ottawa Public Health is attempting to track down 6,800 people who may have been exposed to viruses at an unnamed Ottawa clinic.
Yesterday afternoon, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) held what was described as a hastily called press conference. The chief medical officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, announced that 6,800 patients of an Ottawa clinic may be at risk of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or HIV.
According to the Vancouver Sun, the problem came to light after a routine spot check of the clinic by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. OPH has known about the situation for the past three months but justified the delay in making the information public because they had thousands of pages of records to go through to determine all the people that are at risk of infection. When the problem developed in unknown, so OPH went through records for the past 10 years.
No details were provided. The problem is believed to be confined to a single unnamed doctor who performed an unnamed procedure at one unnamed clinic. OPH says it is being secretive in order not to cause a panic.
At the press conference, Levy said,
Even though the risk of infection to those who had the procedures related to this issue is very low, I wanted to ensure that affected patients are made aware of the situation, so they can consider being tested for these infections.
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are both viral diseases that cause swelling or inflammation of the liver. Although these viruses, along with HIV, can be transmitted in several ways, they can be spread by the exchange of bodily fluids including blood. In a clinical setting, a patient is at risk if they are treated with medical instruments that have not been properly sterilized after use on a previous patient with a virus.
According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Hepatitis B can be controlled by careful monitoring of the liver and other bodily functions. Some people who have the virus go on to develop liver cancer or cirrhosis of the liver. These conditions can prove to be fatal in the absence of a liver transplant.
Hepatitis C is more difficult to treat and simple monitoring is not sufficient. Patients must be put on medications whose side effects include nausea, vomiting and depression. Like Hepatitis B, this virus can also lead to cancer of the liver and cirrhosis.
HIV, which once automatically led to a death sentence, can be treated by a combination of drugs. However, these drugs do not always prevent the virus from becoming full blown AIDS. Complications from AIDS includes chronic wasting or weight loss, a variety of cancers and dementia.
It is difficult to understand how holding back the details of the problem will prevent panic. Instead of people who were treated with a named procedure at a named clinic panicking, residents of Ottawa who were treated at any area clinic during the past 10 years will panic.
Letters will be sent out next week to the patients concerned. After this is done, OPH will release more information to the public.
Those receiving letters are urged to go to their family doctors and be tested for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.
Currently there is no evidence that anyone treated at the clinic has contracted one of the three viruses.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312870#ixzz1ayhnHoxf
Thousands of patients of Ottawa clinic at risk of HIV, Hepatitis
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312870
Thousands of patients of Ottawa clinic at risk of HIV, Hepatitis
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Ottawa - Ottawa Public Health is attempting to track down 6,800 people who may have been exposed to viruses at an unnamed Ottawa clinic.
Yesterday afternoon, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) held what was described as a hastily called press conference. The chief medical officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, announced that 6,800 patients of an Ottawa clinic may be at risk of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or HIV.
According to the Vancouver Sun, the problem came to light after a routine spot check of the clinic by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. OPH has known about the situation for the past three months but justified the delay in making the information public because they had thousands of pages of records to go through to determine all the people that are at risk of infection. When the problem developed in unknown, so OPH went through records for the past 10 years.
No details were provided. The problem is believed to be confined to a single unnamed doctor who performed an unnamed procedure at one unnamed clinic. OPH says it is being secretive in order not to cause a panic.
At the press conference, Levy said,
Even though the risk of infection to those who had the procedures related to this issue is very low, I wanted to ensure that affected patients are made aware of the situation, so they can consider being tested for these infections.
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are both viral diseases that cause swelling or inflammation of the liver. Although these viruses, along with HIV, can be transmitted in several ways, they can be spread by the exchange of bodily fluids including blood. In a clinical setting, a patient is at risk if they are treated with medical instruments that have not been properly sterilized after use on a previous patient with a virus.
According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Hepatitis B can be controlled by careful monitoring of the liver and other bodily functions. Some people who have the virus go on to develop liver cancer or cirrhosis of the liver. These conditions can prove to be fatal in the absence of a liver transplant.
Hepatitis C is more difficult to treat and simple monitoring is not sufficient. Patients must be put on medications whose side effects include nausea, vomiting and depression. Like Hepatitis B, this virus can also lead to cancer of the liver and cirrhosis.
HIV, which once automatically led to a death sentence, can be treated by a combination of drugs. However, these drugs do not always prevent the virus from becoming full blown AIDS. Complications from AIDS includes chronic wasting or weight loss, a variety of cancers and dementia.
It is difficult to understand how holding back the details of the problem will prevent panic. Instead of people who were treated with a named procedure at a named clinic panicking, residents of Ottawa who were treated at any area clinic during the past 10 years will panic.
Letters will be sent out next week to the patients concerned. After this is done, OPH will release more information to the public.
Those receiving letters are urged to go to their family doctors and be tested for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.
Currently there is no evidence that anyone treated at the clinic has contracted one of the three viruses.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312870#ixzz1ayhnHoxf
渥太华诊所的病人数以千计的艾滋病毒，肝炎的风险
渥太华 -渥太华公共卫生是试图追捕6800人可能已经暴露在一位不愿透露姓名的渥太华诊所病毒的人。
昨天下午，渥太华公众卫生（OPH）是作为一个匆匆所谓的新闻发布会上举行。 首席医务人员的健康，ISRA利维博士宣布，6800渥太华诊所的病人可能是乙型肝炎，丙型肝炎或艾滋病毒的风险。
据温哥华太阳报“ ，这个问题被揭发后， 安大略省的内科医生和外科医生学院一个诊所的例行现场检查由。 OPH已经过去3个月了解情况，但合理的信息公开的延迟，因为他们有数千页的记录经过，以确定所有的人，在受感染的风险。 当在未知的问题，使OPH经历了过去10年的记录。
没有提供细节。 问题被认为是局限于一个不愿透露姓名的医生，一位不愿意透露姓名的诊所一位不愿透露姓名的程序执行。 OPH说，它是被遮遮掩掩，为了不引起恐慌。
利维说 ，在新闻发布会上，
即使那些对这个问题的相关程序感染的风险是很低的，我想，以确保受影响的病人都知道这个情况，所以他们可以考虑为这些感染的检测。
乙型肝炎和丙型肝炎是造成肝脏肿胀或炎症的病毒性传染病。 虽然这些病毒，艾滋病毒，可以在几个方面传播，他们可以通过体液的交换，包括血液传播。 在临床上，病人，如果他们都上了病毒，以前的病人使用后，没有得到妥善消毒的医疗器械治疗处于危险之中。
据美国国立医学图书馆 ，乙肝是可以控制的肝脏和其他身体机能进行仔细监测。 有些人有病毒的继续发展为肝癌或肝硬化。 这些条件可以证明是进行肝脏移植的情况下发生的致命。
丙型肝炎是更难以治疗和简单的监督是不够的。 患者必须把药物的副作用包括恶心，呕吐和抑郁症。 B型肝炎一样，这种病毒也可能导致癌症的肝和肝硬化。
艾滋病毒，这一次自动导致判处死刑，可以治疗的药物组合。 然而，这些药物不总是防止从成为完全成熟的艾滋病病毒。 艾滋病并发症包括慢性消耗或消瘦，多种癌症和老年痴呆症。
这是很难理解的细节问题将如何防止恐慌。 而是在一个名为恐慌诊所治疗与命名过程的人，渥太华居民在过去10年中，在任何地区诊所治疗恐慌。
信件将被发送出去，下星期向有关病人。 这是完成后，OPH将释放更多的信息向公众。
敦促那些收到信件到他们的家庭医生，乙型肝炎，丙型肝炎和艾滋病毒测试。
目前还没有证据，在诊所治疗的人已签约的3种病毒之一。
文章：312870:26：0
Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent....Jrhh5TTXWdNERlWoAm-fO0H4t78tQWg#ixzz1ayiu1HKp
渥太华 -渥太华公共卫生是试图追捕6800人可能已经暴露在一位不愿透露姓名的渥太华诊所病毒的人。
昨天下午，渥太华公众卫生（OPH）是作为一个匆匆所谓的新闻发布会上举行。 首席医务人员的健康，ISRA利维博士宣布，6800渥太华诊所的病人可能是乙型肝炎，丙型肝炎或艾滋病毒的风险。
据温哥华太阳报“ ，这个问题被揭发后， 安大略省的内科医生和外科医生学院一个诊所的例行现场检查由。 OPH已经过去3个月了解情况，但合理的信息公开的延迟，因为他们有数千页的记录经过，以确定所有的人，在受感染的风险。 当在未知的问题，使OPH经历了过去10年的记录。
没有提供细节。 问题被认为是局限于一个不愿透露姓名的医生，一位不愿意透露姓名的诊所一位不愿透露姓名的程序执行。 OPH说，它是被遮遮掩掩，为了不引起恐慌。
利维说 ，在新闻发布会上，
即使那些对这个问题的相关程序感染的风险是很低的，我想，以确保受影响的病人都知道这个情况，所以他们可以考虑为这些感染的检测。
乙型肝炎和丙型肝炎是造成肝脏肿胀或炎症的病毒性传染病。 虽然这些病毒，艾滋病毒，可以在几个方面传播，他们可以通过体液的交换，包括血液传播。 在临床上，病人，如果他们都上了病毒，以前的病人使用后，没有得到妥善消毒的医疗器械治疗处于危险之中。
据美国国立医学图书馆 ，乙肝是可以控制的肝脏和其他身体机能进行仔细监测。 有些人有病毒的继续发展为肝癌或肝硬化。 这些条件可以证明是进行肝脏移植的情况下发生的致命。
丙型肝炎是更难以治疗和简单的监督是不够的。 患者必须把药物的副作用包括恶心，呕吐和抑郁症。 B型肝炎一样，这种病毒也可能导致癌症的肝和肝硬化。
艾滋病毒，这一次自动导致判处死刑，可以治疗的药物组合。 然而，这些药物不总是防止从成为完全成熟的艾滋病病毒。 艾滋病并发症包括慢性消耗或消瘦，多种癌症和老年痴呆症。
这是很难理解的细节问题将如何防止恐慌。 而是在一个名为恐慌诊所治疗与命名过程的人，渥太华居民在过去10年中，在任何地区诊所治疗恐慌。
信件将被发送出去，下星期向有关病人。 这是完成后，OPH将释放更多的信息向公众。
敦促那些收到信件到他们的家庭医生，乙型肝炎，丙型肝炎和艾滋病毒测试。
目前还没有证据，在诊所治疗的人已签约的3种病毒之一。
文章：312870:26：0
Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent....Jrhh5TTXWdNERlWoAm-fO0H4t78tQWg#ixzz1ayiu1HKp
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Levy said the lapse involves one physician, and the problem was spotted during a spot check in early summer by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health...ed+Officials/5556783/story.html#ixzz1azTIuat7
Sounds like some operations etc
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health...ed+Officials/5556783/story.html#ixzz1azTIuat7
Sounds like some operations etc
