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: Diabetes mellitus in adults" and "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in children" and "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy".)
International
●International consensus on use of continuous glucose monitoring (2017)
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't advise non-insulin requiring diabetics to routinely self-monitor blood sugars between office visits (updated 2019)
●Diabetes Canada (DC): Clinical practice guidelines - Monitoring glycemic control (2018)
United States
●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Standards of medical care in diabetes (2022)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't recommend daily home finger glucose testing in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus not using insulin (2013, revised 2017)
Europe
United Kingdom
●National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people – Diagnosis and management (2015, updated 2022)
●NICE: Guideline on type 1 diabetes in adults – Diagnosis and management (2015, updated 2022)
●NICE: Guideline on type 2 diabetes in adults – Management (2015, updated 2022
India
●Consensus guidelines for glycemic monitoring in type 1/type 2 & GDM (2014)
Australia-New Zealand
●Australian Pediatric Society (APS): Position statement – Guidelines for the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in Australian schools (updated 2021)
●Choosing Wisely Australia: Avoid multiple daily glucose self-monitoring in adults with stable type 2 diabetes on agents that do not cause hypoglycaemia (reviewed 2015)
Japan
●Japanese Diabetes Society (JDS): Clinical practice guideline for diabetes 2016 (published 2018)