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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。. N$ B- d N4 }7 [( a+ y: S
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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。2 d: ^3 d& a E" `
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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。- m4 a- _3 S- \" ^6 j5 A4 i
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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。# g. Y& b7 d0 _1 l/ \
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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。”' ~2 O! T- @/ Z: g$ Z
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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。" B' R* W7 {# I9 |: j; h5 l* s. ]8 Y6 z
0 {, m8 |0 x% D. ~8 G. o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。" X' u5 Z. E+ y4 X# F! s
- s2 C: s6 d5 @1 L- g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。 J9 r% c# h- e) H
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( Q. T; V K9 ?; w: Q5 z% [5 ^Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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9 l+ A+ V+ |( `3 K2 o4 @" r1 {% R2 ?Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ' a2 [( h9 E+ j
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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
6 i$ R Y; I+ gThe 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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- b9 V7 \4 t. DWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.! k" c6 S8 g% y0 b& W) ?/ o5 S
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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.4 {) \$ I2 @6 j6 A; R |. ]
: d8 P' u, a3 K [( VDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) $ f! S: p8 Q& n* B7 l
"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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3 d3 i- ]) v, E, s. f. vHepatitis 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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, ~3 a# \& H2 @" \1 y4 b7 cOfficials 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.( K0 ~" m" S1 A# W9 N3 c/ v# E* u7 q
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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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