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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性# Z: d* Q8 R7 W* t
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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。
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1 D2 |' L0 n* ?6 _' u5 tAlberta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。" G8 m5 ]4 M! g \6 F3 N' i
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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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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。, [2 f1 d# `1 J+ Y+ p0 X' \9 V9 A& b5 @
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9 x0 v6 g& ]1 P4 I1 g- [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。/ R+ m5 T5 a3 g0 b8 W% f- U
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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。”: I1 U' ^0 Z6 X& E/ v+ M! w# d
+ k. h# j; ]. P8 g; bPredy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。* ^ u0 a3 z6 m; v Z" K* x/ l
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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。, d( l a9 j" x7 ]' d( ]7 p/ X o! g
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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。
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' P6 a; L' U4 w8 L2 {Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B# ?0 C% [. \& a
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
8 N$ ?# o7 \& w& S0 ?Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
" r7 ~7 H, E8 dPublic 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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8 b' S$ [) b9 SPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
) G( G! \/ J5 T/ w3 lThe 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.: B$ ^ p/ P2 q9 s
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.4 V M7 I/ o. W
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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.6 e$ l/ w2 ^( F! B$ a& t
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) - k; E1 X+ ~$ _
"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."' v' P4 p: d1 b/ P) c+ D
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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.$ c$ L% [+ U& h2 I( o" b) g K/ g
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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.% a6 t4 v6 @# C* ?% E: 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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