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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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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。
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, y' w& T& g+ d" `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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" o# h4 W! m2 G* \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。8 N3 l7 M% b5 G+ W' e' M4 L$ M
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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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7 ?" f* A1 a1 ?8 Q$ v: [; `" W2 \“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 D" p8 U" y; z
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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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5 o; W+ m$ q5 ^9 p, N) 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。/ Z& l) K! P1 r: s& X* \
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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+ e8 ?) n" D+ u2 i$ u
Risk to patients is very low: health officials5 |9 l6 |3 L2 o. L# R& }
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
$ H- v: G. y/ F' T# ^6 SPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.
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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) 9 l, E) p. f. x" s7 `% n5 d
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.* m) |5 W4 z8 E a! O
6 V# z6 d7 T) ]+ p" aWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.1 x- A* e3 D. H7 \/ `
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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/ b& u3 H! u9 u |) a"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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# |: V, r; h# ?/ V# RDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 3 D2 m$ y- T8 O" K' z3 c6 i
"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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1 y, s9 e/ h$ Y; @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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# n, ~: \9 Q: z+ `/ VOfficials 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, Q$ u& k- x: V$ `
' Y7 P$ W8 |( S# _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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