Guidance

National Tuberculosis Guidelines for Ireland

The New National Tuberculosis (TB) Guidelines for Ireland are currently being developed by an expert Guideline Development Group in collaboration with the Research and Guideline Development Unit (RGDU).

Importantly for your urgent attention, some of the terminology for TB is changing in these new national guidelines. In the latest chapters, Latent TB is now known as ‘TB infection,’ while Active TB is referred to as ‘TB disease.’ These and any other changes to terminology within the chapters are in line with updated guidelines published by the World Health Organization (WHO.)

The new guidelines will be published by individual chapter, in a phased approach. This is to support clinicians having the most timely information for action, as quickly as it is available. The new content and recommendations will supersede that of the previous Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Ireland, 2010 – Amended 2014 as they are published.

Issues in relation to specific groups, e.g. underserved populations, will be dealt with at a later stage in the process.

[file id=5299 name=Chapter 1: Introduction]

[file id=5300 name=Chapter 2: Diagnosing and Managing TB Infection]

[file id=5302 name=Chapter 3: TB Disease]

[file id=5303 name=Chapter 4: Treatment of Cases with Drug-Resistant TB (DR-TB)]

[file id=5273 name=Chapter 5: Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Disease]

[file id=5304 name=Chapter 6: TB in Children and Adolescents]

[file id=5305 name=Chapter 7: Contact Tracing and Case Finding]

[file id=5306 name=Chapter 8: Infection Prevention and Control]

[file id=5307 name=Chapter 10: Adherence, Treatment Completion and Follow-up]

[file id=5308 name=Appendix I: Tuberculin Skin Testing Contraindications, Administration and Interpretation]

***UNDER REVIEW*** Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Ireland, 2010 – Amended 2014

[file id=4038 name=Chapter 9: Screening in special situations]

[file id=4039 name=Chapter 10: TB and HIV infection]