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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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% ^* N& F4 A7 S/ h2 @0 m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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5 }4 J& P. B" N8 {9 {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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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。2 d% _! S8 Z; t3 A
) E( z$ q V4 o6 W3 }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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9 A& i% t C7 V* l“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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Predy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。1 U, `. \- d/ {& u; P9 T
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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。0 \* c* w8 ~. U
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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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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B# a* m7 k. q' t8 y' L- \* K. l
Risk to patients is very low: health officials, k, q0 X) Q( T2 i y" V
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
% D. x. W+ O! o* [+ H! X! g6 QPublic 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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+ t$ U& {9 l9 y1 V/ CPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
% G/ R6 H: E# K, Z1 SThe 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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/ ?2 V+ G8 t+ vWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.5 o" ?: w: [3 \ N
$ o2 K2 v* Z1 A# I2 ]Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.) k! d0 d3 {( {( o7 h, O5 h# ]
7 H. v3 H3 R' B" ^7 ~"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.6 g6 C0 n, {$ _# A) D
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) # ^4 H1 B; h7 L! Q
"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.9 p0 z6 C' Q, a1 [ R @& I
$ A% {5 U* R: ^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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: }/ F/ Z& E. z/ C4 n7 O! DCapital 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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