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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性+ u# M+ D N7 E, H6 m
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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 U; |) c+ b2 y
. E7 w7 p' m# MAlberta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。" H* G1 ]( y1 }/ x6 ~. u, ]
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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。3 U( K8 R8 L- Q- i9 A0 G6 q% T @
" K+ f1 c. C. v# f/ o: U! N1 R自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。/ l }8 ^! Y/ H2 E
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1 W; A# V& N4 O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。”/ s9 d1 t, {( ~8 A& B* l! W
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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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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。
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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.1 j0 W0 k: s ~
9 f2 v' X3 [; C8 y8 Z- WPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 1 X; K3 }3 ~$ S" }' p+ ?: n" r
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.: p/ A& D7 | D2 V# j1 l" g9 R8 @
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.. L1 y# p9 C) `+ r% M" \
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.4 B( b: S! U( D; c+ W, g( E$ r2 |$ V6 s
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 8 `" Z% @: J* I: I& m6 n- U" Y
"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."1 v$ c/ N1 l( x2 C
2 M* ?6 ~6 k" Y5 O& h" [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.
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2 p' ~- J4 P' h: \; KCapital 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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