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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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3 d+ v) l/ @8 H3 H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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& v! q2 I* [4 D! o7 b4 sSkuba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。0 N/ h+ }- e8 ~' E }; E: v
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。% j0 l' D6 r- p7 L
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0 V. \1 h6 z. l( 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。 \. R) e0 N, W% \+ u
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8 E. z- k7 v2 R. W“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。”* ?. l K; z( [: l" f
, H; N$ W7 {: D3 u/ v7 }! X) dPredy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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o: g! T' C2 U1 a* b6 r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。6 X$ J! x4 ?0 w. A0 k
9 `4 m8 A! ]: B' c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。, ^. I" |% b! t
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B% n1 c2 t2 R- p7 a( i2 P7 T! ^7 C
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
, [0 }6 A* ~" Q7 M$ wLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
* m$ w9 h6 S, U1 rPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.
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) j) F" G% H4 \& w$ H& @& @Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) 7 Z1 Z, y9 I) S
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.$ R6 t2 C9 B" K% i8 q4 o4 D7 U
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said., W4 o1 T5 h" s% c0 O
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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. s. K* e, [# ~! I( cDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) 8 D6 W" v9 N9 S: A8 a
"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."" C; o/ d4 N9 ~* p
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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.
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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.
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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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