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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性! T6 R0 U2 C* p% G1 ?
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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。* d: k- j: m( ~' ~
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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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% s& Q# V" T3 C8 ZSkuba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。
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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4 h3 a' t: B- a0 O- q9 x: F/ C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。$ K/ Q; y; z; n2 H3 X: Q; q* J
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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。”& _" x& F/ ~0 L- u- V z
1 W Q4 i- d N6 E$ c7 APredy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。5 y" ?1 S. i: K( J& `4 K6 R" `
/ N4 q u, [1 q, t% e+ S5 j% c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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" [! P) F: ]1 c D& ^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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2 D: O0 O& ?, `" r6 aEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B `( K, K& j3 [& K9 B
Risk to patients is very low: health officials( x/ j, ]! Y w; F4 V. B1 S
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
, g; t5 V3 Y% i6 H. h- K5 _Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.; o& {; [( H2 V) N
5 j* D. {1 L+ E: S/ ?$ e0 ~( @* {Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
# p# v# \9 B& w: [$ W# @+ u$ 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. S9 b7 O! Z7 j2 F
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.; g9 n% g# l* R ~
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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2 w% n! ^( k$ ~9 d$ I& F/ n"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) $ ], V' n. m# Z. V# H' a
"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."- e2 T: e0 C& ]4 D/ @
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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.8 B+ j5 Q' c5 Z0 T* J
0 W) g& h- e; m* Q0 F) eOfficials 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.1 D' ?" g! e1 L D
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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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