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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性0 n: T0 A9 q8 u7 `
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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。 F) t0 Q) g0 A! w7 X/ J
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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。$ j7 e* ^9 G0 d8 b
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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。
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。0 D3 ~6 r1 q) D; ~' s6 O. U
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2 D9 J" l+ J' 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。
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- w4 a2 p/ J$ p$ I% k, I5 [' 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。”9 Y# b# @5 X- t& }9 J) k! r* H
X# n( n$ y: o+ lPredy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。) Y4 }4 |+ I, b
' i8 o: {, z) {% o- Z0 h' e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。+ H D6 D( }1 B) k# R: 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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2 Z! z- n5 P% Y, T& b) e6 G, HEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B! q9 g: o: d1 L& ]9 H3 [
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
1 X& E. H( A6 n9 QLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
0 e. M) [1 ^- u+ m' f# `Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday." {) e% J, ^# _) ?6 H
4 }4 B8 b4 Q) o }/ KPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
1 l7 f4 q! R. [! Y4 u5 w7 l2 Q7 QThe 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.: c; A: Y, E6 Q
! N$ \' [6 s7 V5 E/ NWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.' ?4 b$ K. V% o; Q8 U0 t H# A4 N
1 G2 L8 H- K, `. b( w"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.' I5 \3 @0 ]5 k7 ?
8 y) [( f& ~: k4 C: uDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) . F: Z: s* ?# v" \( c4 f
"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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! i: D+ x8 O' h7 CHepatitis 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.; H# {" W' x2 i* p- t# \/ E3 T
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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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4 l* n' ]$ V, O. d3 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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