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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性: y$ A4 }6 D( f: O
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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。1 W" J+ c4 J" h% c; d* ^
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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。# V! e0 \# ~ y$ y3 @
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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。' o2 Z( e4 u$ G/ ~ S
/ U7 V1 S8 n% X! Y9 V自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。. K j! h, s4 P) C6 z& ]! A! \
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4 r d8 Q. ^7 k. K& [6 [4 y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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“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。”+ R6 k: F2 K+ D7 X9 U( j! C
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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。! p' L& c7 z% @' j3 p% z2 {
2 z- q9 M6 t/ I( F: O: E7 B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。3 ]6 U/ l, @5 @/ k$ h. E
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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。7 ~1 r7 e: n$ Z
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1 k' Z9 u: j" y0 HEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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, B( Q" o4 p5 K+ ~" }; U, tLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
$ \$ B S2 X( R' cPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.( t7 @# s0 }" b8 o( O) Y
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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) " q& f, h* x0 ?2 d8 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.9 s `: C+ G4 d! |/ J- a/ z
+ E7 |( Q! L+ J9 q" mWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.8 m1 a, l& k8 I; @5 n
6 a2 @0 d- m8 O% P) bWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.' d. l. R5 F" c9 v7 }; d; C
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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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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
: W( y6 f" `2 i"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."- T) M* ?# E. \ O X% y1 ~
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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.$ H4 h2 K/ o: H3 w
: F# U, s& W4 \5 n* j- JOfficials 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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F% s. j- e3 M* t: p* N. q7 I6 d! wCapital 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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