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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性! v* I9 u. H- r1 b8 m$ m
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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。
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( g8 H3 x# L0 d5 k5 ]3 c DSkuba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。3 F! y6 w8 _5 j0 ]
: n7 n1 {- n9 t1 K3 O0 r- O自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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4 I$ D+ e9 u2 J+ C1 Z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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' g* x0 y7 I4 b+ y“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。”' S# M# @/ o- {0 u" T& a
/ K+ i" Z. I1 M' r C( Y5 _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。' U2 _& O2 n' o* ]
2 c( }6 _3 Y) f7 Y% y5 L& u8 k; n9 V% D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。 o6 l! [) m, L2 T9 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。$ S5 _3 x9 Z1 I: A9 S+ R0 |3 q
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 |6 k, n* t6 \3 B
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
$ G! I* a$ J! r: wLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News 8 H: S, X( }( ~. G, V8 z1 }
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.; e& ?2 J; H. w+ A
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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) : i! N8 K! t' L' x# w, E
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./ [4 `' u, c2 m1 w
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.$ j; s( R; u9 b3 T2 {- e
% V$ P# V6 Q7 U e7 LWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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5 p8 b+ H6 c: ] D# |"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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% m- w2 l3 q. `' WDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
2 u# a) ^+ ^# E8 m"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."0 f$ _0 w9 V" b0 x& I4 I
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1 D+ U) v. D! ROfficials 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& k9 X" k
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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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