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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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7 ~2 Y' S6 T5 F- t3 `& n0 m5 Z7 ?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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7 [6 |3 @: ^1 a1 v" WAlberta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。$ A. G/ K7 c: ^) n3 v" Q
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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。$ c. p# X) {8 S5 U7 m
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。0 G: \% }5 k. _/ p% M. H. p
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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。( W/ K4 s# y7 y$ s1 K; L. W
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& n% ?( {& M2 ~9 ^“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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: R( E7 t0 F* Y. {6 lPredy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。1 M& b6 K7 ]5 ~) y( K4 ]' N
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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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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 o" p0 o, T1 r, L3 x8 z
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
# |1 C5 i. G1 J' ]/ ^5 SPublic 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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
$ U4 E: k4 L- g7 b2 xThe 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.1 a2 d; X# m5 @4 a
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.& F ^ R* H5 y6 I
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1 Z$ `5 ]- J+ P3 X8 k) L: Y9 d0 b"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.' I$ d3 G4 t2 y( n2 ]0 T
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) . g% [. g+ a( 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."
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& C6 s+ {# S3 F) a& @0 T+ [9 BHepatitis 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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+ P& r' }6 m# _: vOfficials 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.2 `$ n2 k/ F* X' S9 o2 ?7 d! U+ K
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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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