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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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0 ^: V* O& E4 j9 S4 X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。6 Q$ q9 S- ~5 o; S- j+ _
& ^4 P9 W$ P# h/ j" WSkuba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。! q Y' p/ ~9 C4 @4 L: ^. v
3 |9 K9 f2 K/ z; \自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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) O2 y" N9 m8 g) Q$ }4 l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。”) U, ?! Z+ \3 g9 Y
' H$ v) @- E- Q( J$ i/ 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。8 n8 j$ Q8 q8 x) h* w
! s+ o0 s2 c/ r3 r- m$ z2 g4 O8 e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。1 {8 c. k+ u3 ]
- f) C4 u" B' ~: |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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" ~# g# \: |; n G2 k# J+ w% bLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
/ a& C" L; X4 M! ]8 {1 gPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.2 D& C7 B% w) C) o; t2 R
9 o$ A2 X2 p8 [1 [$ _+ v/ {, x. LPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 5 h6 a& T; x! a* Q& |1 b+ l
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.0 m: E% V# O7 i( d& v! L$ M
: ] x- C" v8 fWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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6 v) G& c- H1 Y7 U2 AWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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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) , F' ^3 n; U' q* v& ?0 w2 m5 `/ 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."7 ?3 k4 g" i! c+ b! }; Q+ P
9 f: p. Y X! A' |3 V) u) U& 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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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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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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