Hepatitis A Control Guideline - Appendix 4

Contact the patient and their doctor to:

• Obtain patient’s travel history
• Obtain patient’s risk exposure history
• Obtain patient’s previous hepatitis A vaccination history
• Identify likely source of infection
• Confirm onset of symptoms (if any)
• Confirm results of relevant pathology tests
• Ensure that the patient is aware of diagnosis
• Ensure that contact tracing has commenced
• Refer contacts that have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus in the preceding 14 days for post-exposure prophylaxis

Contact the laboratory to:

• Obtain any outstanding results
• Ensure the sample is referred to the reference laboratory for PCR and genotyping​

Confirm case:

• Assess information against case definition

Other issues:

• Report case to the Communicable Diseases Branch (NSWH-Enteric@health.nsw.gov.au​)
• Enter case onto NCIMS​