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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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, ]# a! b! U- `( Y: B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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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。
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, z. }5 L3 B( w8 G% u! `2 ~( wSkuba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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" p/ }8 ]& p/ L9 o8 S4 g( U+ t! y" f自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。: h: n4 S& r8 s/ C8 u3 g& P& q
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. x' U2 K! y5 a9 C( l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。9 ^+ H3 d: j. I
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9 i1 Q# \0 e6 V1 e3 l“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。”* j5 j [9 C* N& p
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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。2 X1 y. N% J; M, r0 e6 L, m6 L
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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。: n1 z. }& }. o
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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
8 y) {( C t% qRisk to patients is very low: health officials
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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 y$ r' [" l- T9 g2 Y
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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)
! z6 i0 k) \9 t8 q$ n( }, vThe 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. C4 t0 q4 A* z% h6 [
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.; r# `. |0 N+ A2 o5 d; c
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.; W. k5 R. l7 ~" l* a+ ^5 g! }9 @
' C3 K" W0 u9 c* e( m+ Q9 K"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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6 C0 m3 {6 H4 Z7 H- g# |2 p1 r Q" SDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 4 e6 _4 D9 G' p9 ` E2 q# a
"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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7 Y' V. }2 g$ _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.7 f7 K( p H) E# W& T: j2 @8 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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