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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性; ]/ e. Y- w6 z
8 r0 o. V- B F. q7 l# D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。" B) Y2 S$ H1 i' \
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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。5 b! ^ {; @5 @: v5 R% T
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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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- S" g" q$ X" u, ^自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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. g- m; E; u8 M$ f% t/ f L l4 m7 C' V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。+ O7 E( y( V: A8 l$ m, ^0 z
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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。”) S. I! Y" ^" `2 d8 ^
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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。$ f9 W6 A1 E4 s5 J% L. C
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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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" A" N0 ?9 ~1 I. s+ i. f' C1 Q4 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。4 n1 W# e0 q' G4 G
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B% [2 l0 t9 p1 I0 ], p
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
) O$ j$ R9 S, C. bLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
( @9 i5 N% i% SPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday. e' c# w2 }) V& S j4 E" E
8 u9 E* f& O0 C- h( QPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
6 ~1 v7 A% W0 ]; h* CThe 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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.& s9 e' m3 p$ ^- A0 D
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.# D6 m& A' T* V! A0 I }
7 E ?3 Q; o; P% z7 H"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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$ E7 F# i: X* i' X3 {- d# a# C: {Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ! T) _4 A- H# a* U% A
"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." h T, C; h- C/ {4 P P' ~; r
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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.0 B, E( Z) A/ [: v: F
# _: ]/ |1 q2 r/ ~7 fCapital 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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