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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性$ V, w m7 ^& y) ~9 O8 E3 E3 L
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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。) _! q" W8 T/ f: P
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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。+ |* ]+ C/ x; s4 g% M$ V7 E
3 c* Q. }& e3 [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。7 Y/ W! p0 j2 k" m
. K/ u' P9 y% |( X自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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) S* T" A# I3 Q+ ]% 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。
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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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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。
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6 [# j$ d1 L* M2 {: U- r! s; P) ~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。9 x% ]1 }# u5 t0 `# c
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B/ Y& i; D" D8 b$ P& M
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
# q X* k6 \+ ]: W& wLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
3 b# y$ ]# w; oPublic 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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 5 J# x8 \- b9 i
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., S! S+ @; V- i6 f
3 Z8 A0 V8 W' U/ E1 H( X4 k3 S( ^Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said., K8 G. T! P9 v
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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5 s# l( [, K8 S9 y. L& k H"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.5 }% y9 D+ Y2 y, p$ B
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
' ~4 A* d) y8 a"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. M3 F0 |# \$ J/ _% L% z' _
) ~2 O' ]- H: m* s& E" A/ uHepatitis 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.
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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.7 o. E- Y7 R4 A2 ~
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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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