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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性3 q. ]9 y- {, R; r
" B+ m) G) B z: ~! z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。2 b, V+ {1 ]6 |# }* ?: ~5 h
% R; ]* P3 P& `5 K3 F9 V2 r- oAlberta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。" Y5 D" @' Y5 j p" V6 W4 X. U* g0 _2 s: f
4 T* N) O, {3 H' N1 U* @自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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1 }* K/ d; J1 g( ?* i/ D- J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。. F. _ i l6 U- a* e
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: i. k4 k9 g* h, S1 O3 |" z5 {“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。”2 W) ^+ c6 v- T: ^! A! V
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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。& I: l" i6 U+ |6 k& o9 i
+ {3 @9 S* S& K7 T+ a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 F8 a$ j, \1 L- u. J2 h/ K7 A
* W* \. ~ P/ N2 k2 w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 B2 v) i4 I% Z7 u5 e$ |! `
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
0 u+ l* `% @8 g P+ S/ Y; dLast Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
- y/ q6 h) ]3 ~% T2 Q# PPublic 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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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) - J) j4 e& L4 p$ S. p
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.% u* u' N# s9 e& X9 ~' Z
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.; L+ o# k8 t# @
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Wong 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.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
1 K8 v8 A2 i9 T+ j6 {0 u$ L"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."- J8 Y; X3 [' \( v# i/ x
4 b, d; n6 ~, nHepatitis 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.: U& U: s! b5 o! |( y) O
( j4 ~$ G y/ U9 FOfficials 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.5 c! `: C' F+ P
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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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