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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性) M R. Y! l& l/ N# _/ f% I
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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。3 \" w. x5 Y9 N! Z$ s- C7 G
7 J" J* B+ E7 C7 t, fSkuba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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) r% R, }) T0 C7 R4 I) I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。, Z' [- l- {4 R6 ?; V1 M/ `$ }6 M
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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。”. g) J) F. ?- x& o
* a6 a7 F0 Z" }( H6 f# 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。 ~! T2 E& T! Q
$ F- D( q# A: Q8 Q) |( H+ n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。 F" C# \! h. C# f
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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。/ G5 N* @9 k9 S0 V' p9 c( ^
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8 T1 e g1 A! s |' {Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B& B# m7 y( v# q2 I% y R) P, S, N
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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.( R% h) s; n# P$ m4 ~
3 y8 T, [5 x9 QPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
. @, V- x8 L" l2 h" kThe 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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.) B+ j, X3 c9 p8 W+ |
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.& l* n* Y# b3 R% A/ O+ S
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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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& l o+ `$ {# jDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
5 @6 r/ y2 y& j0 R5 |2 W"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.
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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.8 J6 v0 ]" w5 t/ ]. \
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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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