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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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6 ]/ m$ ?7 X x" K2 H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 n9 W1 F' B$ J# P# ?! {
; [! [+ V7 v; }$ G- _! J- gAlberta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 o$ o6 |, P8 J. |6 o! l
" M& _( e* A4 d$ B自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。% K% A' q. m9 K) W6 ?+ X% X& n
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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。' w9 i1 ^3 b# K4 T6 Q0 g9 e% z" }
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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% Y6 D1 ^, b! b7 o
7 d( C% P/ [$ j2 gPredy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。0 Q: F G/ y h6 i. o
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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。: G9 y( T! t- \( G% J3 Z* g: }2 L! D+ ~5 y
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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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+ ^ y7 s$ Y1 g. x' |5 ?! b* SEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B, D+ U0 q5 O4 A
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
0 W3 @. r3 ]; j$ c+ GPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.5 j' E2 ~7 G. M
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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) $ O0 r4 I* c: ~$ P( b( p- @5 @/ G
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.9 g7 ]4 B! @2 F( ~
. ]4 U- O/ U. u# D; Q3 tWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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; B6 N& ]( d U4 W2 vWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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2 h" N' x) u4 ]4 M/ y" u"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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' f" h) r! z. e: v' N5 GDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) / c( k d9 z; q8 L+ J6 D: w
"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."9 V- x! Q4 Y: \& i( H
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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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. g* A: p- m+ [5 X% O& R8 ?$ ]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. d' Y5 y# e0 }$ X9 h- ~$ N
. U$ T% K4 K; u! i0 r+ u3 w; J _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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