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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。: k! o0 s3 ^7 c/ F1 w- |+ n
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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。3 a3 `! _7 m- O ]' |& A
u$ z2 j1 M; ~* PSkuba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。
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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。' p2 O% b0 c0 G/ Q( E+ {
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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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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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" i7 m; X4 n5 y; Q D8 a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。+ n, @; A8 J P% d) `1 c* S
0 [' u5 i8 ^5 d1 ?$ B, `( V4 ?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。9 i! E) G! C- ?4 S5 U0 [3 r3 @
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# l) D" {$ \6 ]Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
[/ w" ~0 R" s r9 A0 jRisk to patients is very low: health officials5 Z+ N/ S e! _5 v& F7 g% k7 Q
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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.
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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)
; N2 X, v. T$ f7 m* d$ |1 H( SThe 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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6 e8 |0 e! n% @! e5 Y& T4 yWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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8 ~$ l+ e1 o- A& T! HWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.6 h# s# T! T( }+ t, ?% q) g7 r+ c1 K
8 x' \' w) J9 h. S! t2 e"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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: _& h8 _7 G. j5 t3 UDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 8 G( |5 `$ B% ^1 G
"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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% Y1 X( A2 P4 ] e9 c- R' x( W, C) }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.( P8 J+ i/ L6 f% v4 [9 v8 k
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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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