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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性0 \' b) w( o$ H' T* r
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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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* S( V" L9 `5 R1 e$ B1 NSkuba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。
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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。' a5 W+ B0 z% M! }
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8 l) O/ Q3 L- a j; i+ i' a“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。”& _9 |2 c; g7 i, Q" |$ O3 k
( |3 t: [# r, h0 ]- C% UPredy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。1 w1 w6 N+ C' O- J$ c' W1 e
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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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+ e8 [; K- k0 Q& i3 u0 u6 K# Y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。. z; I9 Q$ {, N! l6 b# \3 B5 |0 f
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. d, Q2 L e& _4 r# \) N2 p2 p6 x0 WEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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( j: d8 n- g0 ~, w; BLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
. ~6 [: V( L) f, B8 _$ fPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.' \8 {9 {1 Q2 g
. d- m i1 R% \7 Q9 A }. }; |Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) $ \( _1 k. c4 K4 N
The dentist, identified as Dr. Byron Wong, 37, has voluntarily stopped his practice, and is co-operating with the health authority to ensure all patients are contacted, Dr. Jonathan Skuba, president of the Alberta Dentist Association and College, told a news conference Tuesday afternoon.$ F# @* X' A* K- t, l
- E% c4 t* k# u9 |- @1 JWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.$ [/ Z' N0 `# u& t5 u% X3 \
! Q2 Z0 i6 Q; M+ }4 R; s4 ?9 KWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.! J" P% @, [7 a! P# X/ Q
w/ d* l* n* [/ xDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
/ ^. N1 v) i* k c. {3 {"We did a risk analysis of the potential risk of this dentist transmitting the effect to his patient, and the risk is very small. We estimate somewhere 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 100,000, probably close to the 1 in 100,000 figure."( c3 c) G! ?) z' X+ `
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Hepatitis B has been part of the province's school immunization program since the mid-1990s, so most people aged up to the mid-20s should be protected, Predy said.4 C- \) A* Q0 E* }
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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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