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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性2 n' e9 N) B' \* U" ^
* Z t9 k# ~& l: \! Z: } p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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D' q1 e, m! b4 r! M% w. T" UAlberta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。4 L5 g5 |; u% ?9 B7 ]$ R4 f
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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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t0 J7 n# R' D o$ F自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。# V1 }9 g+ f; j4 I6 i
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" v" X+ c/ c" A1 M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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“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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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。5 ~$ H; C k) x- g. A( a
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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。5 T; n! G- P) ^/ V0 N3 S
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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。; R* |# ~6 c E* z5 v1 W+ L
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! }! u4 ~% O0 UEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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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.; k& d+ w1 F! f ^
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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)
- h. g2 b! W# T4 N$ X( uThe 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., f9 K: |7 N' J8 W& \
7 V7 M, }7 D, b6 a N2 ?. n4 mWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.& N1 w) r+ U$ F* Z7 h
; @5 _! n$ r( Y9 i: R* f& CWong 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.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) " D, `/ S- L# k, F+ b) Q
"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."; w5 w* q- P- @# ?' W; Q* a+ k
7 {: ~8 l1 }3 j# e$ \* U9 r4 b# M5 S* 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.$ s; D4 N3 R5 u3 K. S
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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.) `3 ?; o* n/ t
, R' K( }1 a) oCapital 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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