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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性$ V4 T) \, t5 S' [; U
* w2 v: {3 D) M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。- } j5 `6 [8 G5 |5 e H- i$ G
( A$ q5 `+ e1 [0 hAlberta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。7 ?. j! ~( R- ^# d
?: S5 s6 B& wSkuba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。$ z2 I% g4 f. C, k
3 v. y) b$ }5 G- X0 c1 C自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。: {2 W- T3 J' M* ?. X' d) _
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% U! C; p- G- b: ~: j: B& A, _$ b: }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。: \. x, B: u" X8 M8 \1 W2 ~
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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。”' V! W* C8 _# L' j$ t, }$ D
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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。% D. P! p; o3 D! U" I
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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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1 v7 Q3 |* y. V2 |3 b5 D8 }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。0 o$ P6 e: D. ?: w; U8 N- U
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
5 ]* ~3 M9 e8 gRisk to patients is very low: health officials/ H. ?; ]) ]8 t2 ]- c
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News $ W( [# E5 W4 P$ P! \$ X, T3 R
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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% X$ z) u) T- v- w, jPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 4 n: R8 y( @+ v1 c6 d
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 p' H# r& u& d/ a; @
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.- W3 ?0 f& k& | \: ?
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.: Y( C* P3 C# a6 c
* J$ m( m7 k$ |! x"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday." r; ^; _6 G# A) @- @
2 X+ c9 q. u+ G" B1 k' q! eDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) O1 h" F: R6 e2 g# x- g9 P8 J
"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."5 J+ C5 A! ?' p- G6 {
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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 w" S9 y7 X, j X
' _% z( v% c7 k8 W& ROfficials 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.+ S7 R" a& _* ~. N
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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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