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Hepatitis A infection: prevention and control guidance
- From:
- Public Health England
- Part of:
- Hepatitis A: guidance, data and analysis
- Published:
- 1 November 2009
- Last updated:
- 14 July 2017, see all updates
Guidance to help public health professionals manage hepatitis A infections and recommendations for pre-exposure immunisation.
Documents
Hepatitis A: temporary adult immunisation recommendations
Ref: PHE publications gateway number 2017175 PDF, 239KB, 10 pages
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Hepatitis A: temporary children immunisation recommendations
Ref: PHE publications gateway number 2017204 PDF, 320KB, 10 pages
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Public health control and management of hepatitis A
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Details
This page contains guidance for the public health management of hepatitis A infection as well as temporary vaccination recommendations in light of an ongoing hepatitis A outbreak primarily affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) and a global shortage of global hepatitis A.
The guidance has been developed to aid the public health management of hepatitis A infection which 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 Wales and a review of the literature on the efficacy of human normal immunoglobulin (HNIG) and hepatitis A vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis. This guidance updates the 2009 Guidance for the Prevention and Control of Hepatitis A Infection.
The temporary hepatitis A immunisation recommendations have been issued in light of the ongoing hepatitis A outbreak, primarily affecting MSM, and the shortage of global hepatitis A vaccine that has severely impacted UK supply. These recommendations include updated travel vaccine recommendations and dose sparing advice for adult monovalent and paediatric monovalent hepatitis A vaccines.
Document information
Published: 1 November 2009
Updated: 14 July 2017
- Added Hepatitis A vaccination in children temporary recommendations.
- Updated to add temporary hepatitis A vaccination in adults recommendations.
- Updated guidance on the public health management of hepatitis A infection based on review of epidemiology and and literature.
- Updated pre-exposure immunisation recommendations.
- First published.
From: Public Health England