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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性( s" n: }2 G6 C! ?, C
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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。: u- ~3 Y, g2 ~1 Q1 t5 ^5 s5 o
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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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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。. X! k: [7 `% ^
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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。5 H ]' g* V! D/ r
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P ^# _0 H1 x2 i/ `( Y- L* ^, q“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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: s+ i% M6 N- D& c3 q1 P. 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。$ v' Z9 m, W' s5 f; C
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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
4 u+ H7 Y, S8 b# i3 P) HRisk to patients is very low: health officials
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.9 p/ F1 [. O$ I
/ k* ^: \& |- f8 H9 @# y4 K% _$ L/ }Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
) x3 R$ l% H. z: I7 j; y jThe 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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( d+ u8 C- h! o( n; OWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.) U" g' r5 A% e. H
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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' t( \. d* L! D; O"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) 2 e" x9 h; A& @. T9 G& ^9 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."% g' }5 L- s0 K8 _8 d/ y
, S+ k3 }/ D) u8 r6 QHepatitis 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 z2 C# k7 M! A" x$ {( u ]& V
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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.$ d ~$ H9 ?* S7 E& M& A; Q. c* m7 T
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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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