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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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4 X0 h5 F& z. X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。. z: m4 S M' {, a* K/ e+ C
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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。* u* n8 O* K! r5 ]
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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。 V, S' e6 N& C8 u) {; ~
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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。”( U8 |1 a) [ K1 M5 i0 u
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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。
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; p8 o, l- K0 P7 p$ m6 V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。! @) e0 y9 |9 f. r4 ?0 w& f
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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。; ~5 K& _2 S' y) u# G( E
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; G m9 z4 |: |* t8 V" gEdmonton 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.8 [& N' V3 p! q9 v) A" N
/ `4 R% Q. }/ cPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 7 f. D# i4 g6 e6 [; A
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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, Y, z7 e9 a @$ oWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.; x: A, ?1 c, N2 v u- S
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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# f# j% ~; k- K/ H"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.1 f# O! y2 C, M7 f* n8 S! }' X
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ( @2 i2 v! v" W8 @$ ]7 u/ ~
"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.
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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.# V/ {% L7 r" L
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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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