Spring is the season of hepatitis a epidemic. Letter from home hepatitis prevention principle is: mainly to cut transmission in endemic areas, dyeing and margin management, supplemented, if necessary, may also be passive immunity (such as injection of gamma globulin) and active (such as injection of hepatitis a vaccine). In areas with low incidence of non-endemic areas and mainly are infection control margin. Commonly used measures for preventing Hepatitis a are:
(1) isolation of patients: note on the disinfection of dung, quarantine period not less than 30 days to patients, patients in child care institutions
Due to quarantine for 40 days. In endemic areas, close contacts of patients and the people to observe the 4-6 week. Patients in home isolation therapy
To strictly observe personal hygiene system, patients used to carefully disinfected.
(2) cut off transmission: focus on improving health measures, such as water protection, drinking water, food hygiene, food disinfection,
Strengthening personal hygiene, waste management, etc.
(3) protect the susceptible population:
1, active immunization: hepatitis a epidemic period, easily moving Group (infant, child, children, and anti--HAV serum IgG negative)
Administration of live attenuated hepatitis a vaccine.
2, passive immunization: contacts of patients with hepatitis a vaccination of human serum globulin to prevent the onset or the placenta.
