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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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! v9 J( k! J; {9 F' y R6 P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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6 S" m5 k, h9 ]6 b$ h; r4 I3 q) T9 yAlberta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。; c4 x& q) E+ m& z- m. x: X4 [
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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。9 S* V1 y$ c& C: j, A
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。, T; Z3 M2 Q5 i% i# Z/ V* j
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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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Z( j; ~+ ~) Y% X, |“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。”; R4 {! M4 ?' p
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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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9 _; @/ P& {6 N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。
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S! O H" U6 b5 k* @; @& x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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% h0 C( u% M2 \Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday." v7 A& w" Q5 s% p+ j: H( U& u
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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)
O& e3 a+ S, T' zThe 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.8 \6 z" N W* C, S$ W/ x. c" _; z2 m
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.* _$ b) k& Z! D" V& V3 v
6 l7 T( n0 _. T# q$ k, W# g"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)
8 g4 e0 p) S l0 ["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."4 T0 t/ [. H5 F. a
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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.. F$ ]3 R2 `- a9 f& R' J* g+ B
% s6 }% p) Y9 S1 ]! ^% OOfficials 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.: t G. k6 w2 w% t8 c
3 C \' B' m6 P) ^9 sCapital 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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