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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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" B3 w: Q$ p# F) G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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* M% T- X- [8 t" D5 C# P$ [$ m4 a yAlberta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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Y- C3 l# A2 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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2 ^# @7 k, R# M自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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) Z7 }* H8 b8 H; C7 `. s/ z1 k5 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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+ Y2 T9 J0 C& ? W8 S3 g2 ~“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。”8 }8 z) f! Q$ u7 D8 l: A0 D
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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。 Y! ?% ]* M) n, j- M: m
* R; [7 o" d( q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 o$ H$ o) Y$ i$ \! b
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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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. T" L- b' A- t1 W/ \& @Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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' Z" z- L2 t0 @# BLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
% d/ c& C- j" g6 i; uPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.$ k# K# {. H9 b( k9 E# r
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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) " I s+ E7 {/ O) S' g Y- R5 t0 z' x3 _
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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said. L' W3 d+ s9 C# Z( T& B! ?& F
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% q7 B6 u: B* Z/ }. A/ g"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.3 y% L( B" d" M$ y
( [7 _4 s$ b1 `9 V1 k2 }; E8 hDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
8 }1 N, z1 S% {4 }1 k9 ?"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."0 M" {8 V+ F& d, T- E
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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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0 h9 m8 t! w! {: FOfficials 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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