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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性0 ~& O# S0 A! f/ E
c6 O9 R, ?" W, }/ f2 h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。+ M+ z, Q U( w0 n3 P
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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。8 T, V8 i5 Y" K
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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 }5 M! m" L6 X+ V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。& T- j7 ~4 d4 E e* j
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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。”
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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。) u z% g) B* J
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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。
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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2 e) a; ^7 Y. H* gLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
* r7 X0 l4 M+ C2 H( U5 PPublic 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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0 g' P% S6 p$ P6 h4 {- N. E. U' uPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
9 Y- `$ y1 ~8 m0 ^& e% o" M' @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./ j6 v% z. O" g' ?, T1 O7 R( s1 q
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.4 B: I% e8 Q/ M$ i3 b6 r$ U( [/ ]. u
8 L- N$ d, Y7 N9 wWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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- Q4 Z, G1 r% g$ z6 h"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.! h$ n) S, I* B0 R- M) J3 d( ^
) D! n2 H( Z- EDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) f2 L. I; `! e" U& k* Y. o
"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."1 |/ L! e/ B2 h \# X2 ? f4 v
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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.7 h# Q% E( Y8 `+ i
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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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4 ?9 `3 o }. u1 K* v- ]% BCapital 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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