Tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis, management and service organisation
This guideline makes recommendations on the prevention, diagnosis and management of latent and active tuberculosis (TB), including both drug susceptible and drug resistant forms of the disease. It covers the organisation of relevant TB services. It relates to activities undertaken in any setting in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
2016, January 2016
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| Series: | NICE : methods, evidence and recommendations
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This guideline makes recommendations on the prevention, diagnosis and management of latent and active tuberculosis (TB), including both drug susceptible and drug resistant forms of the disease. It covers the organisation of relevant TB services. It relates to activities undertaken in any setting in which NHS or public health services for TB are received, provided or commissioned in the public, private and voluntary sectors |
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| Item Description: | "Update 2016.". - "In 2006 the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions published guidance on the clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis (TB), and measures for its prevention and control. The section on the diagnosis of latent TB was updated (CG117) by the Short Clinical Guidelines team within NICE in 2011. Sections highlighted in pink have been updated by the Internal Clinical Guideline team within NICE in 2016. In 2012, the Centre for Public Health team within NICE published public health guidance on "Identifying and managing tuberculosis among hard-to-reach groups" (PH37), which has been incorporated into NG33. Recommendations have been either updated, or adapted and incorporated as required. Similarly, some recommendations from CG117 have been not been updated but instead have been incorporated into NG33 alongside recommendations that have been updated" --Background page 15 |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (551 pages) |