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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性* w- G" r2 k% n. H
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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。; {% n; F2 g+ ], r
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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。 W( v5 S" \& P9 g F; y
- ?0 Y b0 `/ g6 gSkuba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。- n! v2 \/ x; m) B: n. w+ n6 ~! Q9 v
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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。”: y2 j6 Y' Q7 H z( T+ A; u$ j: B
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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。+ c% U) z" f/ @2 B# @
$ X1 ]/ V5 J/ j1 Z& \8 q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。3 [$ N/ u7 G. t8 {
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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# ?: h6 `1 {7 b) d zLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News : ^' k: s3 @, i! k$ w, s/ u
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.- r, H4 q2 S4 i. _; o: q: I
7 C2 s) P$ l; S( h- e' E: vPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) ( m' U1 {* P! p# I. C* L9 |, A
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.* N. D5 T0 {: d; ?
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday." c5 y. @/ S ]. f) B+ d
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
& C6 |1 Z( B" v/ d"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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& C9 S! X2 R- U9 xHepatitis 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.7 q# E- t* S t, {. C
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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.( X4 O8 g6 s2 i/ E0 @$ E- A! j
/ n1 f: m. w; L' {. d; |7 W$ GCapital 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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