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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。0 q7 r* Y) S V1 ]( d* x7 [1 b
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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。
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2 Z' H( |7 y3 T9 @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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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。% j! q5 X6 }2 y$ H7 U6 Y) x7 N P: O
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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。- S1 D+ P" f, s7 B B
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! a' k! e4 b2 r# T/ ~& ^/ j& f“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。”. H" B: E/ a* H
) f! b1 s; D7 l0 O7 Z8 R: [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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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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4 B* ~; U7 Q3 \% @& {3 y/ Q; j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。+ K; {. I4 g7 T
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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3 g3 m a* R" B( YLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
' I, Y! p' m% T8 |Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.( y4 G, G, a! `5 H* B# G9 F9 Q
: w' O* }) B- ~& v" J: nPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 4 G! W3 k: u( \# U
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. `5 ^: a: n( w8 @2 x6 _/ G
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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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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.! ]' M8 e! X3 d, E5 `3 A
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.' X+ W) e* e5 o# G
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
+ q0 d( l1 ?; B" q! L" H"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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' r3 h8 `7 g z! Y0 A. F0 \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.; d4 Y% H9 D2 N% M
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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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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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