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* V: f6 x$ _5 f, q/ u/ 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。5 r6 f+ T8 w1 R8 M& b/ f% e5 \
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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。- x6 L$ h% O2 d1 i! q: c1 t; i
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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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9 L# [- D: n$ L- K! x+ O; [自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。% P; x2 U; R& ^- v2 O- ~
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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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4 p3 ? l, Q0 A6 |! _“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。”) R8 A8 ]! g" a% K
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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。
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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。8 g0 x! U9 ^! T) `* [2 S
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& Q3 I7 H# m6 f4 p6 W7 `4 W% DEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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/ Y5 p+ [' A. r2 j1 VLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ' V: |2 I: ^6 Q% ^ j7 B: i
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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/ j$ V, y9 F/ s( l- D8 y ^4 h& ePublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
9 s! F: M- i0 w( U8 v. [7 v) |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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5 L+ o( |$ l3 I" o8 K( nWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.9 t7 L# X2 O1 r# ?$ b
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.1 |- D8 p3 T' e4 _8 L: q; m3 V
7 D, O' _' R2 l- Y"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.7 A V5 e' _' @3 S5 w0 M8 g* ~
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) $ x7 [0 h1 `$ k) q. 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."
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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.' B( _. ~0 \0 g7 L9 A' B
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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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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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