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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性" R. X w; }* J+ H
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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。 x; U7 b/ K, {1 m: q0 ^( P- d
$ r' Q' G& a! W- PAlberta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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& I# ^5 w" r4 d3 Z' pSkuba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。$ Y2 m/ z& ]% @3 m+ n
4 L& N! s0 I6 V0 M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。
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$ S! F4 {& X. b! w8 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。”2 H3 a( K! a' V8 {4 B* l# ^$ m
w* V3 U ~4 N! z4 H' `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。3 K% B$ V$ b8 G! Z9 t1 n
7 y$ H" [ o1 k; J2 n' M: Y2 `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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0 h' `' N0 H% g# h6 V7 D6 `4 zEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B6 c* w. e! l/ Z" `# w6 I
Risk to patients is very low: health officials4 a9 w* b+ U% x/ U) X" X$ p
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
2 J. H2 j+ l/ H" U/ J' gPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.; {6 o/ A: N6 Q# A
$ ^* i% F8 o- A1 p* JPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC)
$ b& g P! t1 U/ d8 O/ nThe 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.8 h9 d/ Z0 b C. p) M' Y# i
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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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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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: i# h, J6 p4 |0 G* E"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.5 {: e' ^0 K, f
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) . y! `5 y: }' ~# f( m9 F( B
"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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5 M# }4 T+ m( X+ f( gHepatitis 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.8 f6 g5 s, u2 j
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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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