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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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6 u; E: ^% J# J7 E+ H4 s& ]+ A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。7 {7 [1 W0 p9 U; M
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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。 I. {4 F9 `7 A0 k+ X" a5 U
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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。/ k; Q; a! l; z4 k5 \9 w% L
4 w! s# y k2 @# L, |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。; E1 U* N4 T9 `* h, ?
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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。”8 R: a+ l, O% W& ^* K
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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。# j1 \* N) U( Y c* \
6 r, O6 l5 \6 m ^! s) n% \" L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。' t2 |* E X2 Q- F3 _. V
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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。4 ~. `0 u# \: o4 ~
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0 A7 d4 l5 V0 A; G. k3 tEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
9 q+ t T4 J8 k* v2 Z" f& |Risk to patients is very low: health officials
3 Y% E( c `1 gLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
u! h, V0 z) c9 B" @) V" t5 RPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.8 Y8 k& q; H7 c0 ~( O
4 }$ Y5 y! z8 F4 T/ n1 U" UPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
7 H4 i& P u, h' @4 dThe 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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" G# {2 T) x4 P2 }7 [+ |! uWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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/ k8 D& s M8 M8 R' h0 m; z"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.. a5 E# K) e9 R' y/ q2 W' `: v2 }
# Q* K9 d5 J4 s* l$ _: ^Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
6 v% J9 h, g y"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 h1 K4 w4 t# L- P" i3 `
' Y; x+ y4 C' H& KHepatitis 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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5 B" {- R8 U+ U, [1 s9 m: {' MOfficials 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.& q' A2 {8 W& d! `1 y) c2 C! S$ N
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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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