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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性5 {% i2 s3 u' ?3 L& l8 `
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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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9 o- L, K+ ]( d8 E& ^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。 K, }% A; G$ i; \) b9 ]6 S7 N
5 r* p4 F/ _* ]! x! BSkuba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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' @! S! r" L. {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。3 r9 o" u% p6 N& [; i9 Q
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, E" Y% [9 I- D' l“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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( t; C9 |( R) b5 g+ ePredy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。8 a! e2 G+ }- ]$ \! ?! W% 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。
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$ G! l: N$ F( {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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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
8 t7 k- B' p$ r6 I: d) lPublic 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) 5 q7 x' b6 P5 X4 Y0 L; {0 {3 A6 r
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.+ h+ A/ m& P4 @) k% @, `3 I
% J; x6 u3 R! I* E) G6 FWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.0 F0 q& }+ j9 B1 x1 T7 j
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) _5 F3 b0 D( s, U% P. |8 n"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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: ?. R! v: A6 O% G" PDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
4 e0 w8 P9 X; 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."5 E' l7 s; d1 o* U
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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.5 U. \9 U1 F. D1 ^9 ?/ G& }5 }& Z
8 P9 A: b( {3 f% L* ?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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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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