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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性% N. o3 w2 z# c+ w( S0 b; ?1 L7 b
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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。1 y& @ n# J0 [ A
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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。
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+ e, T8 |$ p% DSkuba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。3 A0 d) N' ^4 O6 L, I4 T7 T6 w
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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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& j% V. U2 }7 I" x( A) b“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。”. f% E" O3 g# i0 j
. H0 O) Z( |5 APredy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。/ L. ~- X6 D2 [( k3 I @# U- N- _
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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。0 A y5 N* ^3 y. E' `+ ~
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
2 F& l/ o- Q# I4 b6 N8 [Risk to patients is very low: health officials
) t( M4 ^2 E4 a8 `Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News . r5 @. A9 d* }# O( D; X/ E
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.: x; Y% ?* J$ J& I
8 d# U8 N7 X0 P0 \ j# nPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
4 G/ P& A! A K. x( J& [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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* z6 n7 B( B, u: o3 C$ E( c! QWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
* g! y* [1 @- j" _2 |! ["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.
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9 ^' P& z0 s6 F& T2 F" mOfficials 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.; d* Y: A- e: t& `8 |2 W' x
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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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