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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性3 |5 {& ^- y5 V9 R8 U
! w1 u4 |5 I: \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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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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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。
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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。”3 C3 x7 q) h# e9 \7 q
' S. T6 F# o" H/ c5 NPredy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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! Y' d+ F/ l( B/ n1 ^5 a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。, \5 K* W) f8 q( g8 x
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* Q' m$ M$ |! fEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B' l1 X/ b. C/ o- I3 w
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
3 I6 }4 T5 D C& KPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.& ?# f. h+ l1 \; R* ~1 F
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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) r" o, E6 |% i, b1 i: q% I7 D
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.
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# A' M1 D9 Z" z& i3 S* ^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.% S" N3 l ^7 \/ c
7 W0 I. w" ?+ f"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.+ J- R9 Y% f4 ?% H8 P" j5 X$ N
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 1 h# ?8 x' L7 \" I
"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."7 W9 f6 H( s4 Y; N5 [+ m
) I5 _: D* f! R" kHepatitis 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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8 J% G; U9 n# s) k5 j9 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./ X( t+ s: e3 \0 C% e; Z5 h. `
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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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