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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性" }% `6 z7 a( {, S/ h8 |
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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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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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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。$ Z. S, A% o4 A6 U
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。& q% i9 s. u5 x: p) |$ 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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“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。”
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R* ]( h- r4 Z7 d2 XPredy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。* B D& s2 e0 w3 W. }
0 `" A0 S0 E) g* k) w, z$ Q$ ~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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8 A6 A& {- C ?3 c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。' x3 H" y. G$ j4 V% A' O
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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" u; B7 H7 P' Q2 KLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 0 B+ z7 w/ g" y5 p5 {3 S& C
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday." I2 D. [1 w7 `1 \& G( {; J
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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)
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3 d0 ~5 e; M/ k( c0 {3 p5 kWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.( G# R; u b& T5 L" S% x
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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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. v9 h5 e5 ~8 ~3 t2 P9 ^1 \ S. kDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
7 _, n9 V$ y% e* J. y"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.) o! @: u: ]( ~$ o* F! Z. R& M
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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.9 v+ G+ n. d2 ]) F H
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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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