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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性8 I% \* _- s0 a" ^$ s3 z1 n# `
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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。& m( |- s8 Q) E6 Y: i
0 o6 v- E' Q# l2 Q1 Y! d' T$ sAlberta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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- t% L7 j+ b& P" g: P自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。: E5 p. T# g6 }' J. N1 a) Z' U
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0 [2 v2 a2 A4 f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。”
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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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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。( E: K5 O1 x7 T) X* [! z
3 q( G' W/ D5 U8 |( k h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, g1 t7 T; V# H& y! [
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News * | X2 g$ }$ w3 H( y3 `4 U% w$ o
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.& S3 D! A: v/ z: `3 }( f* B
* E; v. S1 @0 w& {0 \( qPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
. M/ @0 z& m) {4 Q& B7 TThe 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.* Y' R8 X6 W* r4 B
5 y9 n: C: H" SWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.7 B6 R3 ?/ h j l2 W h
& g9 R9 Q/ J; @+ ZWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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: \* R! g+ i1 I% u2 h"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.% I& _/ d1 @, d. g( q; G. ~8 h
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
5 `% P6 P+ Y9 s- D& @ P! l"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.
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2 O' t( C# u! nOfficials 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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1 Q4 I) ^. i! o: wCapital 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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