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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性6 J7 h1 q4 m/ S( e9 N7 W4 }$ R) ^: N
9 k; D/ n0 V* _- g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。; c) P* }! }1 Z+ t& E; {
" z4 w% {; f- G* aAlberta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。! `$ F/ f5 d+ B& X' b# q. J
1 u @9 B; T/ M5 z7 ?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。4 ]- [' }1 Y8 q5 u) _
, @+ X' ~. D4 ~. U j自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。4 n! y* H" J2 G- v, l" F: @
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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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, |" O3 s: E8 w9 C: K. ]$ ^“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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0 Y) L$ v: G; l3 P* m( c4 u a/ kPredy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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. ^. h3 b- `0 z3 [7 E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。7 Z5 p5 h9 q" _0 D" H
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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。% {/ h1 R6 d- L- v/ q8 t
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
( J9 a# b. D' ~Risk to patients is very low: health officials
3 N- N6 o' K9 _9 E4 w6 rLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
2 q5 F* V2 ?! j/ \3 sPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.' n$ @- H: L) z4 ?0 a
+ S: X- v8 q8 o5 y p7 R5 mPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) + G% n# h8 k( T, 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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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" [2 F) }3 `6 k- X; y% ?; wWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.( y! f0 d3 y+ ~1 O; O* g
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.. R7 Z& A4 e8 r# G; U
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
A/ n7 r3 p; e1 k" {% q# c"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."6 E- q$ W* Q% Y+ o
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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.& U# t+ |* v. _' a
0 l6 G& ~: u$ G. |, }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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