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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性( a" Q1 t1 j6 ^. s
6 P* j: w) |8 a3 n" W/ \( T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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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。9 u) [3 r) A. T
7 c0 A) D# U# J* A3 _& ~- XSkuba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。) d- O4 `5 h: Y9 K. l3 M" e
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0 j. s2 D! \8 c* h; f# t' H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。- t9 y+ c3 ~/ O1 z* v2 f4 `3 ~
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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。”$ L/ s. s( J" i; g* _# p
+ {4 U3 \" d0 ?" @& |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。3 S- e8 q3 F5 B
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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。
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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。, j1 [& f" e0 e9 s4 z$ v0 O
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% l& v& L8 J9 G. t' M% v) F: bEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
/ g0 F' P/ e5 h" |Risk to patients is very low: health officials# W5 V+ Q f: I
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
$ X+ m7 D2 }" ~% M6 X- E1 nPublic 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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1 K! { D2 H7 j! B1 XPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
* S! P) Y+ G4 `& J9 e5 VThe 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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1 t& x; T9 B5 K. S( }' GWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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5 p7 [! i9 E9 E/ }5 W" TWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.: ~3 V8 F0 a5 u2 F
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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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% s& t, I% ^8 m: S% `7 B& G6 fDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 5 Z+ l7 S6 t2 z% _ o- D
"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."; h5 B( S0 l$ M: ]2 I
( B( n! [$ a7 H* Z. 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.& @) E" I5 I5 c" N( A5 ?8 m' o% V
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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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