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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。" _/ n3 b2 w5 n8 s* q9 P
' l: C, c. e4 V* aAlberta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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% }8 t- A) x6 }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。 h3 }$ r& R. c6 b1 }* S+ ]
$ {5 x0 c- L% O3 a& {- p+ K. K自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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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。2 x6 g3 e7 B# H" Y s$ C' S2 G
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9 a: z& ]2 g, q( o6 |4 M- S8 [" O. v“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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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。/ }; W7 O$ i! Z
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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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4 k9 B/ G1 i5 h% K) S+ P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 B4 f" p1 i& X' Z5 V! s& _
Risk to patients is very low: health officials+ s+ V0 ~6 E" E5 z* m
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ( n5 b: ~- g1 T$ F( Q% S5 l' |- L1 `
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.( ~- v* _& a+ d& K
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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)
. {4 Q: v( p6 w: ?9 d" CThe 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.1 b) O: N n/ R& `$ l
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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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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001., w8 T/ g6 O0 J7 p& ?" [% B' ~5 m
7 S- }; H2 C( {. r0 Z9 {+ ~"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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% y$ L$ k. M* g7 I: v0 F! W- tDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
& ^4 T7 u- D' b" \: y; M) P* F7 C"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.", I& E) x9 c+ d
k+ E; V: D4 u- H4 _+ tHepatitis 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." X! k# g- P+ |4 M! h, H8 M. i# e' s
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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.
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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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