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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性+ S* S$ m; U( @7 [) R C
# J7 K7 Q. ^ I0 W2 x& ]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。5 N* @6 J1 }( ?, o+ X0 [
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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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" J% |' Q4 J6 G5 @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。6 s D+ b+ y% m: {2 I4 b: Q
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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。”( J! a# ~2 H9 b3 W, t
[) P' z4 l! L7 u# J0 x7 U: pPredy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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, g; h9 ?0 h4 Y) [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。 C% N2 t: z# H' R- M9 T) d
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 T. ^ g0 w/ t
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
0 A" i( V% y/ N7 XLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
$ v4 z$ K& B7 V' ~- y5 S0 v1 xPublic 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)
4 j8 {, V! }) \- J" J- {* HThe 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./ _4 N& g! ]8 u$ x
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.3 V5 T( ^, t( p2 r2 R
/ G n$ \9 ?+ M$ p6 M"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.5 N5 I* s O1 N
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
3 ?. c4 N6 y& W `/ ?"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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- l8 R- F* p7 U! B. ^# [! X1 YHepatitis 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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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." r" a! a6 @' x1 K! @
$ O& S# p. f! O8 ?6 \, KCapital 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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