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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性6 [2 n! h# e0 V# e9 Y8 A8 |
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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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$ o$ N" z0 ^$ d# MAlberta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。6 j7 z; F) f. Q
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。% z( |- r# P- B, T% m
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% b5 U5 t+ s9 N, f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。( t$ G ~ a6 o' {4 Y0 S" h
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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。”0 o' b. W4 s/ R; I& [* S
" T! E5 P: P# u1 ` K, B% i( vPredy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。
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1 |6 \( s4 a0 }" 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。8 b/ E7 o6 Y9 B4 y
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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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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News $ e2 V) [3 m" I
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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* R9 y- s& k0 `; F6 IPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 4 X+ E$ ]9 _( v5 i
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.4 w$ ^( T$ d t' R a, F
" ^4 |: n% M9 |& @* mWong 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. ]4 x, Q5 T+ d( c6 N
* w i. a! q- W8 M1 ^9 C"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.5 P- d' B7 k: ^& b. }/ ?- s3 c
( h& x! O( C2 |7 ~! SDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) " M, o% v3 ?( V* v" c; D- j( d
"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."7 ^# L9 [" W, k" V4 m
5 m5 z, j( M8 W% |2 gHepatitis 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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; t2 {* q4 V$ p# X$ ?* yOfficials 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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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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