Tuberculosis [NG33]

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2016)

NICE - N/A

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Evidence Categories

• Care setting: Secondary Care
• Care setting: Workplace setting
• Care setting: Supported living/care homes
• Care setting: Prisons
• Care setting: Primary care
• Population group: Adults
• Population group: Pre existing health condition
• Population group: Asylum seekers
• Population group: Prisoner/ ex prisoner
• Population group: Specific occupational group
• Population group: Drug users
• Population group: Migrants
• Population group: Homeless
• Intervention: Other Intervention
• Intervention: Provider incentives
• Intervention: Reminder/recall (provider)
• Intervention: Reminder/recall (patient)
• Intervention: Health literacy
• Intervention: Provider education
• Intervention: Improving access
• Outcome: N/A

Type of Evidence

Guidance

Overview

This guideline covers preventing, identifying and managing latent and active tuberculosis (TB) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve ways of finding people who have TB in the community and recommends that everyone under 65 with latent TB should be treated. It describes how TB services should be organised, including the role of the TB control board.

Recommendations

The guideline includes recommendations on:

• preventing TB, including in under-served groups
• diagnosing and managing latent TB, including recommendations specifically for children and young people
• diagnosing and managing active TB, including recommendations specifically for children and young people
• drug-resistant TB
• infection control
• case finding and adherence, treatment completion and follow-up, including in under-served groups
• service organisation