Guidance

Hepatitis A infection: prevention and control guidance

Guidance to help public health professionals manage hepatitis A infections and recommendations for pre-exposure immunisation.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 November 2009
• Last updated: 2 February 2026 — See all updates

Documents

Hepatitis A: public health management guidance

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-14802

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Hepatitis A information sheet

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Hepatitis A: contact immunisation letter to GP

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Hepatitis A: school staff immunisation letter

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Hepatitis A: parent information letter

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Hepatitis A: parent immunisation consent letter

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Hepatitis A: oral fluid cover letter

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Hepatitis A: oral fluid request form

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Hepatitis A: oral fluid test instructions (poster)

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Hepatitis A: oral fluid test instructions (text version)

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Hepatitis A vaccination resources: leaflet

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Hepatitis A vaccination resources: poster

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Details

This guidance has been developed to aid the public health management of hepatitis A infection. It aims to reduce the occurrence of secondary infections and to prevent and control outbreaks.

The guidance has been developed based on a review of the current epidemiology of hepatitis A in England, and a review of the literature on the efficacy of human normal immunoglobulin (HNIG) and hepatitis A vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis.

You can view, download, or order printed copies of this poster for free from Find Public Health Resources using the product code: 65363BEN001

Translations of this poster are available in: Arabic, Bengali, Dari, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Pashto, Punjabi, Romanian, Romany, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

You can view, download, or order printed copies of this leaflet for free from Find Public Health Resources using the product code: 65363CEN001.

Translations of the leaflet are available in: Arabic, Bengali, Dari, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Pashto, Punjabi, Romanian, Romany, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Published 1 November 2009

Last updated 2 February 2026 + show all updates

1. 2 February 2026

   Links to translations of the hepatitis A vaccination leaflet and poster have been added.

2. 15 December 2025

   Added: hepatitis A vaccination poster and leaflet.

3. 12 December 2025

   Added new version of information sheet.

4. 20 February 2024

   Added updated guidance and forms.

5. 16 November 2018

   Removed temporary recommendation documents.

6. 19 July 2018

   Updated the hepatitis A vaccine options in the adult and children's temporary vaccination recommendations.

7. 14 July 2017

   Added Hepatitis A vaccination in children temporary recommendations.

8. 6 July 2017

   Updated to add temporary hepatitis A vaccination in adults recommendations.

9. 29 June 2017

   Updated guidance on the public health management of hepatitis A infection based on review of epidemiology and and literature.

10. 15 June 2017

    Updated pre-exposure immunisation recommendations.

11. 1 November 2009

    First published.