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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性9 O) _7 y9 t' W% C! H, y
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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。8 f! ~; y2 ?! e1 ]' r. E6 D/ X
. m0 F. y1 q2 B- G4 Y# J' FAlberta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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7 H; w' ?! `( b8 \% VSkuba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。$ H' P+ L [) _% g; g& p b
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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) b* S- A9 ?; [; p( a. E+ M" P# p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。% C5 r6 E8 \( z" t
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) ]0 A, t+ k4 T6 o. T0 W" R) 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。”
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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。
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0 t; P& k+ |; g3 i3 U: m% F# m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。8 _ P* t5 U, M/ g7 E: |
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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。1 q& F/ \+ r1 `/ j: g2 M K
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
1 P9 {; b( }1 v& {' U& E- ?3 ARisk to patients is very low: health officials
2 o" e4 {6 d! ~Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News . j0 {! G# _# V/ l
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.
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+ ~4 w) R: Q3 ]# m4 n. c& k5 ZPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) ! j+ E& Q6 p8 l3 x; I6 U
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., I) ^: e: H! g2 F& p0 l) r
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said." N$ l1 Q5 n4 |. K+ n
9 J! l" V% ~6 m2 w; CWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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1 X3 t2 S9 S/ x0 F% @"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.$ {! y# \& d w7 h$ m; O$ _2 X$ R8 P# y
z4 E2 j7 H* B; V( m; wDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
" s$ S# R$ e8 x6 L& \"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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! N3 ^4 z) v9 _6 \9 N* ~7 U) sHepatitis 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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[4 b: u5 T! e& k: M% [9 YCapital 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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