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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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9 d) m& b* d: m- l" x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。! ?/ F! I7 u2 n$ s# t
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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。/ V8 g ], c4 y# D0 z
) ]' _/ X6 y: N9 gSkuba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。7 G& L g, f- }* s8 ]! T8 l
$ u# v5 R+ y" k n- G" F* @; C自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。) e5 M; e, N5 H6 W. z
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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。
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2 x d( n, W; R0 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。”1 C; ^6 h) j& S1 p' \ Q! V
2 c% ?$ s1 g! p( RPredy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。+ o! [( n5 p$ k
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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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% o8 c/ d4 J3 ]5 t3 O8 s* R6 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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday./ C* Y0 W! y" W8 J; V& O
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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)
! Y% q: O! x" p( _& q9 A6 T5 U# }0 s! OThe 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# z5 U+ M; Q: @- D( N
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said., j) a, T! l3 U9 N
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.2 j- S; E- c4 p- y; W; u, [8 c
2 s9 D2 `5 A$ {+ L( Q& R"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.: h$ u' n6 F( k8 t* L @ e1 M* g. H& |
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
/ x/ z. t! w1 s% d6 M8 f3 f"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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- M2 ^1 b' j# Q! J( m5 e1 qHepatitis 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.8 X* X4 t0 x" L l# j2 U
' u( }* M2 l9 z O {. {: M8 A, rOfficials 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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, z7 p$ Y; M; jCapital 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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