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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性+ V6 H/ u! ^, T& F
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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。1 C# Y. p+ t9 o; e7 d9 H8 i/ k! V
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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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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。# `. d; A4 N' O2 P
/ }5 b* p! t& u/ o, C自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。$ b+ D& R! z$ ]' d; p1 D! @2 M
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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。( k: f; m9 x1 D& s0 D4 d/ \1 p5 f
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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。”% u7 e2 _0 G' V5 @, {6 [* |5 D. n
1 o6 e2 {# E( n6 U; z! H! 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。8 D/ w/ T! }6 ]- B# B
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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。) |1 e4 o) R1 d' n$ p3 P
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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。, e) }! u1 E7 Q9 H. K, h* O
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B2 M+ j& P7 \. U( K8 r: X6 ?
Risk to patients is very low: health officials9 J9 J8 h8 J$ _7 s$ m2 Z# f+ t$ r
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
0 N) k: w$ ]$ d l! mPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.& b3 n( i' t1 k8 ^+ Q4 p
6 n- ~' X, k+ UPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) - m% G3 l1 S, [: }- \( Y9 C- W
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.
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4 C: z1 L, K0 u2 R& ?' GWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.0 H3 ?' g4 D9 f2 l/ Z# F
5 T. c) R$ p0 R: H9 ~Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.6 R5 y! I2 ^* E* _: [ F" a
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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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- B( ?" v( l5 p) z5 U5 L# K5 hDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
. H7 E' I2 p- t1 t"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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) H, j) `* v+ s. M K' A$ P) z8 JOfficials 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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- x# F- k6 Q7 B, qCapital 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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