Society guideline links: Tuberculosis transmission and control

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis".)

International

●International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD): Management of tuberculosis – A guide to essential practice, 7th edition (2019)

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control, update (2019)

Australia–New Zealand

●National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee (NTAC): Guideline for the management of tuberculosis risk in healthcare workers in Australia (2017)

●NTAC: Infection control guidelines for the management of patients with suspected or confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in healthcare settings (2016)

Bangladesh

●[In English] National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP): National guidelines and operation manual for tuberculosis control, 6th edition (2021)

●[In Bengali] NTP: Infection control guideline (2013)

Brazil

●Brazilian Thoracic Association (BTA): Guidelines on tuberculosis (2009)

Canada

●Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS): Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 8th edition (2022)

Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Guidance on the prevention and control of TB

India

●World Health Organization (WHO) India: Index TB guidelines – Guidelines for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis for India (2016)

●Government of India: Guidelines on airborne infection control in healthcare and other settings (2010)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Tuberculosis (JST): For healthcare professionals – Prevention committee

●[In Japanese] JST: Basic knowledge of tuberculosis, 4th edition – Control of tuberculosis (2013)

South Africa

●Department of Health, Republic of South Africa (DOH): National tuberculosis management guidelines (2014)

●DOH: Guidelines – Management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (2013)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on tuberculosis (2016, updated 2019)

●NICE: Quality standard on tuberculosis (2017)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Tuberculosis guidelines by topic

•TB guidelines – Control and elimination

•TB guidelines – Infection control and health care personnel

•TB guidelines – TB in specific populations

•TB guidelines – Vaccines and immunizations