Make sure staff and children always practise effective hand hygiene. Ensure appropriate cleaning practices are followed in the education and care service. Responsibilities of parents Keep the child at home until they are feeling well, and for 7 days after the onset of jaundice or illness. You must get a medical certificate of recovery from a doctor when the child is better. Encourage effective hand hygiene at home. Controlling the spread of infection It is important for the infected person to see doctor. The doctor may offer antibodies or vaccination to all people living in the same house as the infected person. If given within 14 days of exposure, antibodies may prevent hepatitis A or lessen the severity of the symptoms. The staff from your local public health unit will advise on the need for immunoglobulin or vaccination for children, educators and other staff. Ensure educators, other staff and children always practise appropriate hand hygiene. Ensure appropriate cleaning practices are followed. Treatment There is no treatment for hepatitis A, but it is a vaccine-preventable disease. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in high-risk areas receive a hepatitis A vaccine on the National Immunisation Program Schedule. Vaccination is recommended for educators and other staff.
Make sure staff and children always practise effective hand hygiene. Ensure appropriate cleaning practices are followed in the education and care service. Responsibilities of parents Keep the child at home until they are feeling well, and for 7 days after the onset of jaundice or illness. You must get a medical certificate of recovery from a doctor when the child is better. Encourage effective hand hygiene at home. Controlling the spread of infection It is important for the infected person to see doctor. The doctor may offer antibodies or vaccination to all people living in the same house as the infected person. If given within 14 days of exposure, antibodies may prevent hepatitis A or lessen the severity of the symptoms. The staff from your local public health unit will advise on the need for immunoglobulin or vaccination for children, educators and other staff. Ensure educators, other staff and children always practise appropriate hand hygiene. Ensure appropriate cleaning practices are followed. Treatment There is no treatment for hepatitis A, but it is a vaccine-preventable disease. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in high-risk areas receive a hepatitis A vaccine on the National Immunisation Program Schedule. Vaccination is recommended for educators and other staff.
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