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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性4 j. n% R3 F1 E3 P6 {! Q+ N: r
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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。& Q1 w) T! U' W' m! F; ?- D0 f
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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。3 B+ V+ @& r6 q+ W2 Q, a
! A6 Z& _7 {+ |" ^4 FSkuba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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- W l# X8 X' }2 R$ q) X自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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& V) {" F; |$ h C- m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 B( |; E, u/ D$ U
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( a2 ~! J4 n5 ^1 V1 `+ y7 u7 u“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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, K% F% s9 u4 d& ~: DPredy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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* D8 S. i4 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。 Q. J5 M( V) M, ]! s. }
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* x6 A$ C( s2 j( X% B3 F; V# {Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
, ^$ y0 M2 w% ERisk to patients is very low: health officials
$ S1 m, n4 V% |! g9 q" zLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News & A3 Y/ `$ [- U$ w# J5 v
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) $ h2 M* {8 r5 F
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.5 e" X6 u- o. U' B$ y1 Q
7 s2 f- u1 g* J# q& a9 b5 i2 bWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.6 c$ O, ]3 N& t" N) e/ K: ~% p
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.; u* k5 {5 w# w7 U' d1 Q- N
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.% t) x6 U5 B' Z; z$ _* a6 n
3 t" I0 C" {- k2 @% Z8 j- ^! kDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
. z' C. g) z& M"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.9 d: I* f" b8 E% C0 \" p
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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.
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7 r( S5 d9 g" O% B ]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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