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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性! A6 W8 H- m8 }/ k1 W- q" W$ ]
1 ]0 `7 e" O( n8 F" ~5 q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 g$ C9 o+ S$ q& J6 K4 _
+ M" x% b, R& @; i( QAlberta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。! m! T! P% q- ]9 k5 O# Z5 C: C
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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。
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。' C0 n7 A5 n4 j9 B1 W
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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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“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。”% f$ A8 U* k1 U* [" z' A6 U
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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。
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! O7 V1 b+ k" I1 Z/ Q9 j: m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。7 I0 K$ J( R2 s; \( I; p/ S
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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。: s D" G& \' Y0 t2 S
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' m; g, T' N1 f8 UEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B0 Y$ ^1 s! b8 t# r6 V8 R! e# W1 O, M
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
5 ^" @& s0 D/ _0 A5 ^# }" ^Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News & e. X3 V5 A0 I$ w7 P
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.) x( r K0 y4 \9 J: j6 ?
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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; D+ l/ @7 G7 x$ a5 D: U' eThe 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.
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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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# c8 O. p& O. r- uWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"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) 1 v. U' e: ~# p' K# ?$ t
"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."4 Q4 l3 c, g" H& |9 V7 F
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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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/ E: m6 @- B5 ]4 YOfficials 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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