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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性( k* {% y1 P! |
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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。9 [, _/ ~/ o/ g0 W
: U4 E4 [; Y) p( l! z0 pSkuba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。8 ^( A7 A1 `; R5 _
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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。
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$ o# U! _9 O* n% F/ A“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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1 n* j" ~) t- [: n- YPredy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。, V4 E( ~( ^) O9 x6 Q
* C+ L* c) d( z {2 I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。& K/ M) E' i, J- b( K: U
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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。3 [( K: `& @; M' d
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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- b: S% _! T9 ?3 D, _8 a1 RPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.1 g! b; y0 f8 ^ _+ l, u
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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)
- T* S* V [' h- y' [+ C) c/ |) mThe 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.$ i- R' o7 R0 V, \- L( T4 g
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ) ^" j, 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."! m3 Q- V& y" |
6 r4 ^# R0 k' P' l0 l1 A0 b, B2 zHepatitis 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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/ H( ]6 \" Q& E# N8 gOfficials 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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4 ]2 V9 u& \/ ?3 |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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