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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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1 W- I9 f L9 [; f0 c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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2 N: C: e: N+ W, 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。0 z8 X. }7 a9 L9 D; ?* f B
( c6 v9 n% O6 B% n- j自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。& Z+ m! ?7 C1 h8 V( [
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0 @% t) ?2 g: D$ F. F3 @* Q. n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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* q6 d" G5 X( v% h“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。”. [) [# {9 C2 N6 N9 n( i( ] X6 `
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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。& `& g( z8 q0 T8 T! r/ I+ j# ~( M: v& B
; L6 g% F7 p% @ L, f3 ~/ }" P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。& ~, k1 o9 r) I; W- |& N
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/ t4 Q5 Z9 O( w& kEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B$ p. A8 }: ?6 ?, ?4 o5 w' e
Risk to patients is very low: health officials. N. U5 {: l+ `! e
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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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, V7 }' [! D& ?Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 3 f) V+ X4 D" A! ^: G: M- O0 ]
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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1 T+ N2 |0 [* sWong 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.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.- _. o) w4 K' i0 `3 A* o5 d
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) + |* z% ]8 g9 h/ U- h8 Z1 P
"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.": o X9 I- l. x7 \! _8 q7 G/ V
) h0 X; X% {+ o; MHepatitis 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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4 z) N# v( F/ W6 b# G ?( |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.3 y1 j$ H/ |- ]( Q0 Q! I' E
4 D$ j3 x5 d( v& ~- M' m5 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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