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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性) q9 ]$ s2 F/ L/ v7 k8 ^/ \
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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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9 Z& s! L0 |: S9 P T/ r6 X7 uAlberta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。% [5 O$ B4 e0 b7 z/ p r- z
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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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# v$ g! N* V" t) P! |5 S% d自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。7 G; H0 y3 E9 }
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* ]6 n' t. ?2 B1 Q; V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。”
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/ q) U1 C- u. 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。
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% Q) l6 e# a7 e. Y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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% r) g: G" I$ R# ~2 x) H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。( ?4 H! S# q$ V; f* t0 j& ?+ {, c, }$ c
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
" j6 q' F0 w/ K, HRisk to patients is very low: health officials
$ C; L e9 T- ^! ^8 H7 p' m, m0 jLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News & o, h2 v# E/ |: m: ?
Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.2 |# C2 J$ {5 k% F$ I0 L/ S! G' Q
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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)
& o5 G2 @ w* D" R Q2 VThe 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.6 t- B' ?7 a# L( p$ r! P
( A& v+ d+ p3 U' _Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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$ j, k# F2 Q! F0 J' y; ^ c) J# k"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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* K/ N& z* P/ K# [+ m& }5 E! hDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) $ F8 \* h, N1 j) b# c
"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.; u, j7 \" g7 X+ e! V9 q }3 B
7 r( e. Q; l6 H6 w% b5 B% R/ u3 l- OCapital 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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