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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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# ]% y! N+ B6 N* _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 D0 `: q3 Q/ u# y/ hAlberta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。' q# d. N* y8 h* S) q k4 a
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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。/ P/ c6 P; X8 t3 D$ |& g
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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& w/ U7 L1 K) h8 K# }2 J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。”
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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。# H+ f9 m( @5 ?& f8 n1 ^ c
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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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# y; ?' }* Z" w, \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。6 h/ q$ R# O4 J; z: M
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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9 @ D. ?$ n# u* Y( k1 p7 ~! }' NLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News o+ n, m W/ X
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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& n8 M9 W3 ]$ j5 e. S$ o' ~Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 4 _: ^& a# ?/ B/ z" {2 L9 [2 Z/ v
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.
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$ J ^6 [* t& r+ PWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.* l$ x, o% f2 x, z$ m
% t. V2 I7 D% x nWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.$ T9 t' e1 \# k$ _$ h
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.$ z6 Q# N1 E5 P I4 d3 T
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) - N/ s0 r1 z% b, D7 m1 }
"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.) v8 N; ~+ t% s! X* `6 n
) Z; \) n' n# t& ~$ l$ |) QOfficials 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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Q% R+ `0 b% b. d/ FCapital 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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