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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。
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0 T, N/ L, u$ u6 @& i+ m! k, D4 ]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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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。
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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。- ^* u# I; o' X; K) _! 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。”
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. L. v9 O4 A- J1 `4 |* Q' ?5 IPredy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。
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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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- F5 t' r6 e& A* b' U$ ]2 ^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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4 G4 ~, ?6 q- p" a' E5 P- v. I) NEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
F7 e) e9 W; {5 T. mPublic 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)
$ D8 d$ d6 O3 W8 Q9 Z) D/ IThe 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.- C8 n8 _* p5 d/ U
$ @6 W) U: b3 f1 wWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.2 t9 O6 N3 X# e; ]
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.* e3 b: d7 X; D1 F* S0 F
4 J9 Q' ~8 H* J7 e _6 nDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 2 W! p2 i9 C2 c% 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."8 }! i/ @5 c, ^* P# M$ u; r2 g: X3 C
8 p- m! M% \5 b: gHepatitis 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.! K9 Q) Y: z) T4 n& I) ~0 v
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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.9 R' q2 C0 A, y7 e7 l4 p
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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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