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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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. y. h8 g& I2 y) Q- U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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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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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。3 _3 k6 x7 X+ n* T0 c$ P7 ^& @/ X
/ B7 ~9 r4 `7 K9 y自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。" q1 i, |' h0 {
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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。6 X- ~) q% W5 z) ] n( Z: V
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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。% N4 \. _0 h9 W* p% W9 I
7 q; r4 d5 X/ ?. r6 e- j2 ^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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3 f! H x, w: Y" |4 x( |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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2 c% E$ G! v, r& u% p# MEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
2 x7 e x1 o) F+ JRisk to patients is very low: health officials. X2 p- h/ E4 g. {6 o Q
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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.6 y# @. b* j+ M4 g8 S! h# L
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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)
5 r9 y a p' c/ iThe 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.* ^$ z) ^" b2 x6 L X" K8 R6 D
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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." h+ d) z6 C |, k1 K: Z
y* |" {* k) {1 a% k5 w% V: Q' o"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
, W3 p8 F. u( r; |7 X"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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3 M# g/ P5 P' k$ t* xHepatitis 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.* s3 l! O1 f* \ X, s. o
: @1 l; Z2 j; r* C5 X4 DOfficials 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.$ N9 O T, l( H# l
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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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