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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性' ~' l. {" }+ o4 f
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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。, h" l9 p4 ]$ q, ~. C3 Z% V0 b: C
9 ~( H0 _; x: }4 ^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。/ s: {5 n! i& t6 }; N- Q
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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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' z/ t. S F ?5 U! o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。
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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。”# c0 u& i) T! v" i3 r
' N, V+ V3 @8 f. z; y# QPredy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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/ t$ ?5 _: @5 u4 w: h, \( a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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8 z* W4 L8 ^3 r+ q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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8 K3 Q" I4 g3 n+ R1 K% ?Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B' s; r4 i5 k/ o& S E. r4 i d; O
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
* w5 O5 m2 ~' V4 f! X) j0 XLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
# a8 L' G8 k" @Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.2 S* a$ D% G, s7 W$ ~6 Y
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
& U4 }) G! ^8 T O8 N) HThe 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.2 c7 P- M1 r! X) @; Y% p
" W/ @6 d6 E( IWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.; H/ K, C4 n0 b7 s: }7 C! d8 ]% i
0 e m& u/ i4 p% l# XWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.4 f' p. a+ E& M% u9 {! D
" U+ ?9 w* Y0 |+ I% s0 k z% i"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.# D' R" x4 X$ F* d' ]3 u; o
+ H; T# `8 l+ S s; `2 EDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
0 { B4 r. [+ Y"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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# g" @: E3 n$ }8 h( v. ^$ WHepatitis 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.2 D0 z5 S& Z, }% Z7 P- ~: }
: J5 h" d: L. o% I% N6 ]3 K" EOfficials 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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