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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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8 u) s* `: ~7 m5 T: k5 G- ^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。
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' u3 ?' G4 Q8 h# D# [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。% D% ]0 @" U% U v$ X6 Z3 L/ [( {
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。) g4 h8 k8 K# N* U8 K( P6 O: M
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. F) O; ~7 _) q# C' N0 i& n. a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。5 o8 T: O7 X$ |0 Z) ^
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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。”, k0 i& i- ] k$ {
* Z+ y- i& s! ~/ A. f& {. _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。# d) f+ q9 |: q# F4 w7 H
% O# ~1 i3 h/ u" @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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d8 D5 U, r( _: u* O9 |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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( l% v7 a4 \! h& O" SLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ! f# B2 U1 J. I& d
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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- Y1 G0 u9 u5 S }- H/ C2 ^% UPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
" h. L+ k/ [ ?( R' kThe 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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6 }. X" D0 E) A9 G3 l: xWong 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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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
% M3 M( `8 _0 U2 t- f% _: ]8 L6 a: Q4 S"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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0 D- A S% ]. q3 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.) N% l+ G+ M U% p$ u! r4 q
' Z! B1 t# p6 I7 |: s! ]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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5 P2 _- w6 k3 U, b: b$ 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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