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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性( _( n( u% R+ \1 y* g
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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。6 W [7 e) J. F" c# @. R9 M
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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。4 Q/ ^) \" V, ]* ~5 ]4 q
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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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; D2 {' I2 e. g9 }6 M" J' Z' _自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。0 [8 }+ P; H! K2 O1 [2 V2 k
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, X! h8 g) N3 e, C9 P$ Q0 [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。. `' _* b# u3 f" J! j7 a( w
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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。”& `) K! E) Z( ~8 O3 S+ P
" @0 e0 p3 b5 i- ?* j* K: I" x9 r6 zPredy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。* m1 k% v4 r! ]3 L2 |
5 `% s/ d! C8 n9 w# S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。# E5 y6 l, T) i7 _! @0 m' ?
. m3 ^4 l& a' t- `2 N' B1 A( Q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。$ O$ N7 @" k: N( T: X$ y% f+ C
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" ]2 N i4 C' b2 P1 r; D& ]Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B+ n, ]( e K7 c2 B% m2 ^) Y
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
2 H# {5 F( d9 U1 J, U) V2 _; jLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
; D' j' M! `7 P5 Z1 [Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.6 z [: G3 I0 c: @
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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) + U2 g) V5 }% A. }4 g, Y
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.) E1 l' y5 V9 Y
8 _2 F- j/ L. V0 R& l. X7 FWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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3 M4 Q* U C8 Z6 d* YWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.4 k2 B! ]) S- Q8 d% V5 t/ S
0 n' k8 p4 X9 T" d! ["The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.1 h0 N6 J( }- t: P; c' n
9 j4 _$ I( d- o4 k, z0 aDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
0 U, n5 V7 `$ G"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."
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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.% ~& l7 v% V7 {5 s$ ?, q
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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.+ n/ v/ A ^# X2 {& C% v: j
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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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