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Hepatitis A - Management
Basis for recommendation

Verbal and written advice

  • The recommendation to give verbal and written advice to the infected person and family members is based on expert opinion, in guidance for the prevention and control of hepatitis A infection, from the Health Protection Agency [HPA, 2009a].

Hygiene measures and exclusion from work, school, and nursery

  • These recommendations are based on expert opinion, in guidance for the prevention and control of hepatitis A infection, from the Health Protection Agency [HPA, 2009a].

Avoidance of food handling and unprotected sexual intercourse

  • These recommendations are based on expert opinion in the UK national guideline on the management of the viral hepatitides A, B, and C, produced by the Clinical Effectiveness Group of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [BASHH, 2008].

Continuation of breastfeeding

  • The recommendation to advise women that breastfeeding can continue (with appropriate hygiene measures) is based on expert opinion in the UK national guideline on the management of the viral hepatitides A, B, and C, produced by the Clinical Effectiveness Group of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV [BASHH, 2008], and expert opinion from guidelines produced by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2007].

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