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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性1 ?7 G! i( U7 Y+ ^6 q3 h' s# D9 ~
( C- Y5 t6 r# n- k% r3 I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。. I( Q$ _$ x7 Y. H+ d: T p
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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。5 Q& K2 P! x- ]
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! p/ R: [; Z8 c9 D/ S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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“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。”, K7 J2 g' L; V X2 F& x
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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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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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% z) h8 [, U8 c: g$ V; [" D. n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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4 M( r* B7 L" r8 x, |6 \Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News / U% x8 x+ y. `: `- {3 @8 H% Q/ P
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.$ ~, a9 F: Z3 k
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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) : j1 E2 w7 _' W8 z! u+ o' a/ 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./ `3 {2 L2 ?* }
, `- h9 G/ p0 c/ g( RWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.0 o; ^5 r/ f+ Z/ v7 u" o
% n" T/ n6 o* r2 fWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.& w: K# w0 X% w; o1 \3 O9 N
. `7 ]/ U4 r, \' R' O, H3 N" _, q! v"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.+ h9 ?2 z$ y8 n) o( K* s# z
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
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T \! D! ~" m- \9 eHepatitis 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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; z# n% M8 W9 ~$ M: ^0 oOfficials 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.
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# H: _6 L* O' R, K6 r! ?) y8 xCapital 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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