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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。) `; h( z- |+ K7 U) @1 {
* w) A2 d7 H8 V5 pAlberta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。6 |6 K8 B; y2 w3 R) a
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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。
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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. H) x0 w. ]2 Z1 h8 W6 T* U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。4 ?4 s, j8 n& W. j+ i# R' e# }
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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。”1 W7 I( S% S7 l0 V; f1 J& b1 b& B( u
8 i! Q1 h% ~3 l( bPredy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。; n1 C3 R }( u$ ]% [
+ U1 h4 Z$ h' x. p+ C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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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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/ s2 B1 R7 q6 Y& JLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
0 u* [0 m0 Z1 e& o& K4 p9 |6 n" RPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday. z. j3 ~6 ]/ X" f1 v
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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/ o5 _' |% P
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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- z0 p( F B( N# J: ^Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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0 T2 i& e# C* z1 b: L9 `/ d/ t" Y0 R& |Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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) k! n: E2 X+ v5 I0 u& TDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
( n6 m0 ]4 B: G$ R% r"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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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.3 O' D- E: J) ^& r+ Z: |; [
) O6 o J. ^' O3 M+ pOfficials 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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% e D$ ]5 y: s9 w, v5 ?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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