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National Tuberculosis Guidelines for Ireland 2024/2025

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 over the next few months, with much of the content planned for publication in the run up to World TB Day in 2025. 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. Currently, newly developed Chapter 4: Tuberculosis (TB) Disease (formerly Active TB) and Chapter 5: Treatment of Cases with Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) are available online.

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

National Tuberculosis Guidelines for Ireland Chapter 1: Introduction

25, Jun 2025
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Chapter 2: Diagnosing and Managing TB infection

25, Jun 2025
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Chapter 3: Tuberculosis (TB) Disease

25, Jun 2025
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Chapter 4: Treatment of Cases with Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB)

25, Jun 2025
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National Tuberculosis Guidelines for Ireland - Chapter 6 - TB in Children and Adolescents

20, Mar 2025
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Chapter 7: Contact Tracing and Case Finding

26, Jun 2025
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Appendix 1: Tuberculin Skin Contradictions, Administration and Interpretation

26, Jun 2025
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***UNDER REVIEW*** Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Ireland, 2010 - Amended 2014

Chapter 1: Epidemiology and surveillance of tuberculosis
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 2: Methods of tuberculosis screening
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 3: Management of latent TB infection
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 4: Laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 5: Clinical Management
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 6: Infection Prevention and Control
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 7: BCG vaccination
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 8: Contact tracing
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 9: Screening in special situations
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 10: TB and HIV infection
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Publication Date: 2014

Chapter 11: Education, research and information
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Publication Date: 2014

References
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Publication Date: 2014

List of appendices
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Publication Date: 2014

Guidelines for the delivery of Directly Observed Therapy in the community to persons with TB disease

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Publication Date: 15 March 2013
Investigation and control of TB incidents affecting children in congregate settingsPublished by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2013

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