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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性4 e1 F7 S# f( J0 Q0 d ~0 Z" E
1 _4 _( C( p' k# G9 V2 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。
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! S1 A9 i$ j. V& Y5 ~$ {- E, TAlberta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。
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。& ]8 A/ L- B7 {. o( q; d. k, N: S, A; _" u
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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。8 h: y y1 M3 O# m
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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。”; I: o; [ m( R3 {0 ~
8 H7 o; x! L5 D. C) F G6 Q) BPredy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。: ^ d6 L3 }) B4 p6 c" S) u: B
( j% J2 r: T3 D/ q! o, v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。; a% s( @# X' w7 H2 u
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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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9 d% M0 f2 M5 v+ Z% Q$ m) YEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B7 c1 r$ N7 F P0 |7 U- {! [ U# u3 g
Risk to patients is very low: health officials0 S5 S+ \5 L) Q0 c: C
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
& Y( }. [3 j* x1 L/ g O; g- UPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.0 x' s P& ^$ d
6 `% |6 Y5 z& v& W& ?. X" c7 kPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
/ r: S- p; e$ Q# }3 K8 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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; B7 {7 _3 x$ t8 c8 h9 HWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.6 J' W: p( p# C: k. v# O
0 t$ Y/ N; x' x) t" H( jWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.9 E! K. U, `+ Z) e; {9 s( Q1 s
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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)
/ p- h$ l( u- H) q5 O$ h1 l1 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."$ O2 ]' I% ]7 B& X8 R: }! f
- r+ J+ F) K9 N8 p$ IHepatitis 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.6 i/ n$ l/ ]8 F! t& y
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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.2 J; [1 l3 W& G4 k/ Q1 U4 E2 n6 M
, p. ~3 r) m& Q$ c2 |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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