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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性% { c; C1 z7 n, Y
! X& h/ [9 F: @% ^3 N( e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。( X0 C0 P: N3 i& t* b
4 D3 u( a4 p @3 [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。" q0 B m# f6 Z! o) ?
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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。" u- B0 j+ `5 \3 |+ t8 b% W
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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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6 ?! e: L% F" _' L g1 C" z; r“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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/ D/ y) `; _+ N1 r8 g, _4 yPredy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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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。" |/ u+ H) J- x/ ^
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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。3 T( X9 w# z9 d. X& w
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B$ K8 w k3 o* y% u: s- {
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
. \; V, `( y3 f" MLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
h* N+ \( e* x' QPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.) Z; I* s0 X) l9 V1 D" _% p" ^
4 T7 t2 z, c% dPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) ) Y1 U. ~2 G" u
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.
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1 h- e/ C! k3 f5 c* Y) yWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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" m) W! v# }+ ?+ k3 s2 YWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.+ M+ m* S2 [4 [: J
/ I) j1 ~' B# F" a, QDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
: S1 Z9 ~* {: m8 l8 w"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.' B& X. q9 \" R9 i/ [0 F9 W
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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.: f% s: ^+ z7 M# |
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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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