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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性# y2 G L3 {0 ]0 S# f0 A
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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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! N% L I+ f5 eAlberta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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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。8 M0 O! h$ m& x3 _9 i0 s( b
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。" i! e9 o3 k% l7 Y
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5 m" \7 c" t+ \, }+ R. V% X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。) Y! R5 A$ k* @ Q9 G, |
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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。7 e) a1 g3 u: x- w9 o
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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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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, z; N5 W) y( p4 c8 y
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.# y4 y- {3 a; g, x4 x8 v5 E
: h. }/ s$ D" ?+ X& g' K! PPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
$ C# n7 w* ~ d5 g6 Q. kThe 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.: p7 `) i8 G% M. v
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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7 y' o1 q* I2 v. g. t- {# yWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001. Z' v# r! r i- }7 Z4 i; |- V9 ~/ A
" l% W% b2 W/ v h) m"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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/ `. _' S2 P S. ~5 }Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
$ h7 h4 \) c% L; n" u% j9 s" ]# _1 k"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.
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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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