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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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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。7 u; b+ ~. A5 J1 k8 ?( _
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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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8 L) }0 ?$ k$ q' p9 V7 N5 \! g+ t* L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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1 a( \: L1 i9 Z( C, 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。”0 |0 X9 p7 \4 A) V4 h! q, N3 A' _
: e( Q. \- }) |9 r! _1 A# \0 sPredy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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/ J0 |- r) M9 x" o! N- P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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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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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B% l2 D: a( t H3 D6 i* i- @
Risk to patients is very low: health officials" _' [ D5 p) V1 Z
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
7 k3 P* m/ C& |- |4 t& _0 a3 d% S5 XPublic 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)
/ X2 Q7 }1 ?* F! B% 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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# P* {# U6 X& u- kWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.- A) y) W. x0 ]0 [
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$ w4 K" {3 V6 s. j5 {"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) , O0 j8 |( E' g0 a h; s8 X4 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."7 N9 z, p* g/ n4 ]' y$ R6 |
4 k* f) O! H- y& Q9 ?& |: THepatitis 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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|" V2 d! T9 n' |' \3 c, f7 H6 hOfficials 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./ X: C+ S" w9 h; _; @5 ?* H
' H! q* w( `! \! O4 @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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