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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。- S- M' O2 R) K0 l+ n5 a/ `
4 n7 J! w" e# ?8 R$ QAlberta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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9 `! R: w E- a$ j) xSkuba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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& n0 h2 O* y- k$ Q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。”( G1 J R& S, f2 k$ P: ?$ f0 `
! N5 j# y5 S# I6 j6 dPredy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。7 s3 v! c. N4 R+ u' g
: ^$ I# m' [9 J' H. P9 f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。* {+ ?3 q( Q h' H: x" x
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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。; W4 a5 X2 a9 b
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/ `) C( i7 g* m) HEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B7 O% i8 L; w7 O- v0 V" g
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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.( z5 j) y2 m; K* V$ B+ \4 g9 ?
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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)
5 W) H' T2 Q- B& T3 @; x4 WThe 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.; x# d5 S; d" M4 m* }
% x+ u0 g! ]# |1 V$ hWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.1 G+ H+ q3 G1 B, z! r1 K. ? O" e/ ?
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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)
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v; Y# ~/ P! S: e5 N% Z, y' V( ~Hepatitis 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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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.- c2 {, p2 U j' A
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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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