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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性$ y5 Y% w& G1 @, p
( m" A% _5 l7 `4 ~6 g6 o7 R5 k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。& c# {8 W2 ]% z+ S
% x. f' p7 x, E$ z+ E3 i+ ], V, 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。
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, I/ @0 M& {, d h$ V6 `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。& F/ b4 u+ T0 t6 h: `
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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。/ e/ i* N; a- @ u ?6 {
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+ b. S( `; y% _“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。”" s$ @( P1 C# O, E
0 D) [$ f. G, z6 Y; Z0 G2 G. JPredy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。, u+ s2 R+ ?4 f/ n8 q
$ x! U) z, I2 g' l: k2 r6 j, }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。6 O5 g7 Q2 k$ i
/ Z% g9 j* y" t9 f, k6 j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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" V& V: [# X$ i3 _( tEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
2 y9 _7 {$ m2 z& _" h# ], x4 Q& j, i, oPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.$ D2 c* Y$ v7 O& q4 Y0 f
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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)
/ ]0 K4 W1 X( @ N$ ^" [5 U, N. M$ RThe 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.
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.1 s; r) _: R9 ?! M% q9 G
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.! |5 j/ J# M3 I1 |
s1 _9 J" p' Z# M: t2 P9 ~$ I' ~5 kDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 6 K( D4 h: [1 K1 S+ H! n
"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."8 H+ [7 H) t2 }' a: S1 {- Q
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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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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.- Z O! j& d2 q9 \8 r7 J' n
" o5 p; P0 ~1 U9 YCapital 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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