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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性 q/ d- z" K1 s
/ A$ l$ B* V3 F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。. l1 v) S- y9 g8 s$ B5 |# N' V
% j1 S& T. i/ Y5 qAlberta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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/ Z* y3 ~" `. f! X$ K% vSkuba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。5 K+ D2 Z# E7 \& P; v2 D
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。0 E% x! }- d9 P) _
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$ U$ E. H" X$ R4 ^5 L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。' ]- ]4 ]4 a% j+ I- C+ C
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. V. }" W4 h! p( I" a“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。”+ g4 R1 s6 t: @
2 U) n8 Q6 \; k5 {, 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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8 ~* o d5 Z" a, ^' z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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2 b# q% q( e) |% U; m! V( q% c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。& \& Y) o2 z# C( N8 n8 Y
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B0 I3 _ a7 |4 i/ W0 U
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
, O9 D& e0 I1 x2 nLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
8 P2 n6 y! H1 O! E5 x, T5 m; SPublic 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) * V" [. {, n, l2 L& P: 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.9 ~7 h8 Z( A6 D% h @2 c. }& f
: ?$ Z% A* M" i% d3 |. Q d1 MWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.9 u, x: a, p( R5 y- ?! D) d2 ~
* {( _6 ~9 i, T" m9 ^" \+ XWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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. F* k, Y) f- o' |"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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4 V' Y7 d) T% Q- M$ H& a+ tDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
& j" P0 r4 N7 _"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.6 R& {8 C1 L5 o" E3 x& P
. j6 R ~& A( e7 f, 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.6 t1 B7 ^& d0 b+ _# {. T) C ]
! q* ?$ c% a+ p3 K f) V6 jCapital 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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