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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性) f, N( f0 e/ J" G/ p% U
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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。
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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。: h3 _- ~9 w& S5 H9 M
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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 f3 H1 ?! I$ d5 a
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。& z* B9 ?- b' c+ f G: J
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: E) r; L7 r/ I5 p1 U: P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。2 a+ a3 m+ X4 z' P
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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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& \. a7 h/ F3 F) s0 j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。
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B, Z6 D8 u" T) S4 }' I$ n
Risk to patients is very low: health officials. a5 A/ q- K, K+ m4 k8 l) g
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 8 a1 q/ y" C; w5 n. O @& a1 K
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.6 O2 P1 T3 F* R X8 q+ i) f7 t
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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) 0 K$ h5 g4 u- E" {7 R0 M- g
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.2 M# g1 L9 Y2 \6 a
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.& V5 d! I; g( ]& ]5 L' z( L
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.# u0 J3 P8 ?2 c* [8 g
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.% r3 k6 i$ s" h' }
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
) x) O D9 n3 T) v7 x"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."% q$ N% b0 P. W
" L0 M( s( |1 `+ B$ a' g5 \; ~2 ~3 zHepatitis 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.1 }0 @% F! v+ Y- ^2 j4 s
& f& x* {, }4 h. l8 t: yOfficials 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. q1 Z( p% C' ]) B7 x6 w" y
$ x+ C5 Z; b, v/ g1 C) T! ^! ^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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