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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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7 i3 w i2 w2 s1 _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。' N* X9 ~4 r/ Q) x5 e
5 U/ A/ t3 s) ASkuba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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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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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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0 a3 g& Z% U- h“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。” F( U9 D- O: P& @+ Q+ I9 x$ _! s
6 Y7 O- ]5 E" ^0 ]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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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。% x* n3 m- {' }; ]% p& w+ e9 p( Z
8 x& ~$ H& c$ u& J* W( @* A3 U0 a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。6 K% u+ a$ z0 G' O
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B' l/ K4 {) d+ X' J+ C. A( ]
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
& S, b; t$ U* _! LLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
( \" } I: L/ D6 h3 z$ X: HPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.8 Z! z/ F& v8 F& a6 A- `
+ B1 D1 d( I% ^+ c! l$ O/ UPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) X( L6 @/ H8 X- t
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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2 P, J% I( G7 ?3 J7 k! H( ^Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.* p b. C9 h) [5 ^
1 J8 q6 U% h C# v/ }* nWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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( M: `; X, z# m4 z% n1 |! U. ZDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
' g2 m1 y" j6 A3 m"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."- ]% b0 ?% W4 G I* k. |' R
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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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, W/ N; b7 l. F: K' X2 f" A; L+ P; SOfficials 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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" W2 Q5 p. w+ n: v/ z" l; \' PCapital 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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