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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。8 b0 k. K+ O; y
& z9 m0 F5 m" h3 Y- H9 OAlberta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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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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* j- ]. ~* w6 M7 V5 [3 N5 ?8 r自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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$ l2 t- B* f3 t& j! ~- T/ Z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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“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。”! R9 V. H4 @* D0 [, Q/ o
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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。$ t' q; d. z2 r
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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。. v7 J' l1 c+ d$ Q0 }
8 D! j/ r6 Q$ g* Z$ S2 l* k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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7 ~8 ]1 v3 w1 l; B4 Q1 }Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B& W1 w, n" R8 R7 H
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
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- ~: M% u9 T8 a- J& M6 aPublic 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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4 ?" R; Q: @9 u) @& t1 kPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) ' x8 j( F, i4 a. ~
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.: o/ r9 ?$ g! c: D8 ]: P$ w
6 X2 v0 }2 }" a& x" k ~- j7 g# \Wong 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.* P7 i4 w& G5 F
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
+ c0 A' u* k0 e, K7 {. p8 b- V y4 v"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."/ w% {4 ~3 b# T3 n
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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. d8 F7 [# j) a' r/ e
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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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7 e# X* c9 l" p( t# eCapital 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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