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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性! z" I! U0 U) _) g! j
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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。1 k) p, W0 K9 ~
2 x5 D$ R! g" j9 ?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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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。/ o m8 e" M. q
# V8 ?9 x9 G6 ]3 V自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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" R8 A% `' W( Z9 ]' }" e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。/ j' k- j+ Y* m# `
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' W ~2 X( u/ h% b“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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: o- a/ g( t1 n. }4 p/ ~% kPredy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。1 ^4 ?- y$ `# }" x
" b4 E( {2 R( X: X8 ~# L# R) [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。! |- F" x+ z2 @/ @) a
) {' ~# {, Y; C# L( R/ O. S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。8 M3 w' ^: Q* ]" U: `8 w
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7 I* p, [+ ^( E2 S, X$ b( f5 P6 nEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B, i5 q8 e: H% a. E1 z" y
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
8 A5 B; T' a% {- z! p gLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
8 i8 ~& {1 O& z. ~8 D- o1 @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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( ^4 D( h C* w. s% ^Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) $ O0 E9 a8 E, B
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.. `7 z ~) F1 ?' x) f+ I* z% k: \1 d
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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1 k; p% L$ \) v; x: }- bWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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% ^& z' c0 _2 U3 X"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.3 w) a1 K9 |* b( ?5 X5 [
$ D* r m7 o' M# \. N4 JDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 7 f, J( a0 I" I, A! O9 Y N) p
"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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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.7 |8 p. e) P! f- o( X% {
3 X. s3 R: j9 I' v7 tOfficials 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.3 V. d& f9 a2 n0 Q
& q/ k" i6 j0 @; x1 B) 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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