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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性2 J, v0 g [1 t4 _- n
, x* `) d' H2 Z! @. _* Y& ~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。8 Z. B9 A7 `: d: w) p2 c. z
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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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9 h# f0 G: M8 h2 M2 k6 Z4 [8 E( tSkuba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。! W% F. W* D& i4 {/ ^5 r5 B z& m
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: g, f6 G+ F2 y& ]/ S K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。”
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/ r+ `' T, e; p+ UPredy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。/ v) D5 T8 K; r0 _
2 F, A. ~" N' U9 m2 \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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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。& W4 D0 L1 o+ B( V; D% F K
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& e0 Z; N+ _% B9 zEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B$ C* b! Z G; B6 b
Risk to patients is very low: health officials3 Q; f$ m& e+ F8 z4 o
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News ! D) W0 @0 W) h* D- H
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.; G4 [5 {( z: X2 [
* K. f3 @. o6 ]& ^, uPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) : r; L I' g) M- m7 d# t
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.1 m6 }& Q) S; g5 O7 x; W! a( q6 M! N. A: ]
1 J a6 Y2 T: I- u* v1 v: C. aWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said./ q, V1 G# l" O7 U" d0 c* w( K
1 q( \' X% r; \4 Y* y* M0 g2 b1 x* ZWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.2 c- I6 z/ J5 D; Z" T( }
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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) 7 _, ]% a# T! H$ R p. z t
"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."7 ^0 @: D$ p5 H" ~
8 ^2 K1 @3 F( q% GHepatitis 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.8 W5 A" r' D9 \; y3 I h3 S1 p
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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.
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p" J2 ~2 d# LCapital 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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