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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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5 n4 ^# _9 q7 M" E5 \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。, q" f4 h! `/ f6 s! J) P+ e
8 Y# M7 u0 U! i( v1 }: _6 eAlberta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。 H0 v6 M1 f2 |4 ~+ n
5 y- B2 A3 d7 E! B) W, ]( i. }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。! @, u) h8 e& I% ?+ K7 v K3 Q- U
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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/ X1 U# P8 j/ J1 g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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7 v' H' V6 D) c; l8 z& t7 H“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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. t) @: F. R4 @+ R* I4 NPredy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。) R4 e& m5 q* Y: E
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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。- _! p; W: x$ R/ r3 B: g3 j* `- @
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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
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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.
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{9 i- g: ? w+ X2 n8 B( ?1 YPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) # `* B: a- ^6 |% J1 ^+ v1 J3 h; }
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. Y( @. A! F4 J2 W* q+ l
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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3 M9 o; [/ f4 y6 xWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.7 P, Z1 f* \% _
% {" p: ?. ]9 D4 M6 v! ~+ ^4 Q' {"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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. k) {0 }& `- y4 m& ^Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
% p( X* B0 R! H2 j! Y+ G- e"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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" u. m! r+ j! b, ]& eHepatitis 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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, m% P& ]" j( h5 S& TOfficials 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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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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