Why is hepatitis a notifiable disease

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Home Hepatitis A. Alert: cases must be reported urgently by telephone to the public health units Healthy WA within a few hours of first suspicion of diagnosis. How To Report - Posters. Rule Making. Hepatitis A. Cause: Hepatitis A virus. Purpose of Reporting and Surveillance To identify individual cases, disease outbreaks and potential sources of ongoing transmission to prevent further spread of hepatitis A.

To identify contacts and assure timely prevention measures. To educate contacts about signs and symptoms of disease, to facilitate early diagnosis.

To educate cases and contacts about transmission of hepatitis A and how to reduce their risk of infection.