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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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9 |7 {+ ~0 F7 c3 ^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 ~9 R. G* A5 bAlberta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。5 g X! v( N8 G% c7 C7 B$ P
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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。
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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。”7 E+ B6 K \4 K- j: x0 m! `
# ?; h4 ]& U+ L3 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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2 @# x: @" H/ R1 S# b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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+ S! `: ^; z1 A4 [( `8 A% w( K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 B3 `1 h& p; M2 G, q5 `8 d- z6 A
Risk to patients is very low: health officials. k7 ~/ P* {* [5 D) x
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
, P( ^) Q) o6 E3 J, mPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.5 Z# E1 L/ ^/ E" C# a! l
; }! N' @" g) I! m7 K/ J! \3 KPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) ' x4 l" n! D1 k. z3 g; A- r! F
The 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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( h; C/ A' r# ^8 G1 L# sWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said., f/ @" ]3 O; I7 c
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.1 k. T# ~7 q2 h) b S
5 j" } F7 @( D( v9 Q! J"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.- J( p' y/ u, Y$ v, C( h5 k) _/ D) W
* y9 B0 Y) g& U, fDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
- r7 O7 L& y1 I. |"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."* \% ^& Q- L. ?& g' P8 H2 j
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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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; `3 k3 ?! G1 G6 u; _% l' {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.
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& G8 d" G0 @1 q LCapital 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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