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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性3 V7 i. ?9 s6 H" a- H( b: Z9 V
; N, P. n3 M$ s9 [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。) D* i) l# |, |+ Z; ?5 y9 X& F
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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。& R1 T' I* w( W* {: _
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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4 m' y; E. u! [$ g8 H# {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。' S1 P8 R" z% J1 A4 z
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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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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。
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& h& W& Q$ h) t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。# W& x0 ?% l4 t% d
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* |' c4 Q, L" v- K9 F. b! WEdmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B6 F8 D ^2 Q. u* }3 L# H- E
Risk to patients is very low: health officials- B/ p8 f; w) ~
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
& e; H }4 H# r- F) FPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.+ v9 d) b) ~% |0 C$ R& q4 P+ O
8 R0 p8 y, O# s* s5 qPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) % x _: p, l* L2 C; h* r; i
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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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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2 ?& X3 y3 ^. M4 z( {+ O6 mWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.& `4 Q Q3 ^6 C4 O
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.2 B5 {1 r& B5 `
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ' A3 G) g, {6 o9 P! 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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' V- L( t+ ~! w3 y+ kHepatitis 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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$ r, |) L! }$ q) _) IOfficials 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.' {7 m& ~4 e( ~( |1 O( A
. h% K, K$ ~6 }- U- XCapital 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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