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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性# S. u# D! p) }! L0 B
2 c3 ^3 O0 N. Q* r3 n/ W& n: 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。
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+ [9 ^4 T+ P' ?7 F' }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。1 B( x2 W% B6 b3 K/ L1 E9 V
5 z7 i- a9 E' ]( _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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( C' e, _% B4 n自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。* J- t2 T, e* m) T6 T( l
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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。# D6 J$ p+ h" t$ X6 p& ?
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4 M6 |" Q6 ^5 f% m1 M4 {“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。”+ a; s; {6 t5 z6 c+ {/ J1 y: U
$ t. B+ E3 B1 Z" T G, o$ zPredy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。4 v8 Z1 r& w. j' u# k5 T
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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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+ X& V7 f% X* G) e/ j1 V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。; n: y, i% b l0 K: R' d7 T# o
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" [1 ^, [% z# v* FEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ! X( A0 ?* k6 s! z. Q
Public 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)
3 o6 N! N7 K1 d9 c7 f% q3 F5 `The 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 T' ~& e. A( N7 v# F6 J; m
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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.
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. i! T7 l( n" p, r2 h"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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3 M' \' a1 [, @" p, g pDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
% C' M: N2 [3 ?' l+ ]0 _- @"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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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." L! b( Z: G: `% v! ?
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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.8 M7 R! n C1 r# i
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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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