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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。$ W6 {+ y. S5 N! Z+ N
% M4 Y4 |1 N3 M& pAlberta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。' y! ?2 } D4 o( W N$ c. |. P% ~2 j' o
[/ ]+ Z6 F$ OSkuba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。3 s! V* ` L8 D8 i6 C- e, E6 n* Y
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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。& [- n* |, a$ q7 i' {
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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。5 Q; W0 x* i: i M9 L& g7 S& l
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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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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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6 g0 Q: \! d& B* j9 x6 [Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
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* D+ S: c2 `/ Q9 u( @Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
8 n% H3 ?$ K- Q; Q7 K$ BThe 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.* ]0 m3 t. y2 v: _: |- v
1 l2 v5 F- Q0 O& {Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.- N4 d; I# _5 ?- e4 l# J
6 Y5 c- u3 u# P5 I0 p2 E& DWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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1 \7 q4 [3 [$ p2 T; z: g"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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2 Q6 `1 u4 a n$ ZDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) " p) e" O% O% k# T. D
"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 T% A+ B& e) h- C& e2 H- ]* p
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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.
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2 j0 O0 H( S8 m+ _" _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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/ K0 d" {8 e% UCapital 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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