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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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! I/ ^: w$ m3 `3 w) J4 X2 m4 G) y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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( `; Z7 I/ I; C, RAlberta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。1 {3 u& o4 i6 p3 w7 e7 h# v
% S" p% n) h0 d% A6 z8 p% R3 ^1 w! CSkuba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 H: H2 h% O0 M4 T8 [5 ], [: f
! N( l! P* b3 x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。0 n) a9 C$ \) C1 n$ Y
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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。”
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% X5 M; X. L, }+ \( Z! d5 kPredy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。7 c: s) P2 U* p S6 E% N4 q* @ p
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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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6 u8 B& q9 o- @Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
+ N* c- _: N( y- e7 T" {. w& O3 aPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.& x: ~3 Z D M* j* 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)
& \6 Z- j( y9 W3 A$ ?1 w* ]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.8 ^2 Z$ w% R7 `- C7 `8 o$ X
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.! C4 e% l$ s+ L$ A- H0 A1 P
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001." P4 x" M. W: p
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.2 g7 {: t9 B8 K; ~
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
4 N3 b* q1 y0 M5 G: T9 Q- G6 [" w% V8 F0 R"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."" M) V T# E: C8 @
4 y$ p. {4 }/ L, k; F$ A* |& jHepatitis 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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# B) ?' s# s% q8 k, I! DOfficials 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.2 ~, n5 G- k, [3 H2 s4 K- H
- ^# J/ d/ X& Q7 VCapital 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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