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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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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。
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! h# x T' ?6 ]6 {% IAlberta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。' l0 m- e( {3 z: _1 ~, U9 a/ O
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。8 Q. l0 J' N* ?
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* e7 ^2 N0 k [( M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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. S: l4 q2 @; n“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。”( A) i3 m# y5 r4 J% b6 o' t
4 p4 h- F& _2 X7 [% JPredy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。, r. l" j2 g0 s. U
0 |2 i0 ~% }- A' `+ ]+ q4 l5 X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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% Z2 I5 d- f9 }! M/ l( p; m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 P0 `: K( D( v/ A
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( b" k) n8 p0 {% n6 h: h2 R, wEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 x. I; m3 k( u" [; Z3 N
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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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
I" B" Q" r/ i9 QThe 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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Wong 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.& R# ~0 k% _* d, \
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.( b% j" X6 }+ Q) W& ?/ r; z
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) . K1 n1 z; c6 `0 u @, H
"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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, _3 o2 A. R8 dHepatitis 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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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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