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
●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control, update (2019)
Australia-New Zealand
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
●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th edition (2014)
Europe
India
●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