Guidance

Managing tuberculosis (TB) in prisons

Screening for tuberculosis (TB) in prisons, treating TB and reporting cases - guidance for prison healthcare teams.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 May 2013
• Last updated: 15 July 2025 — See all updates

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Management of tuberculosis in prisons: guidance for prison healthcare teams

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Details

This content was originally produced by Public Health England (PHE). This content is now owned and managed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

This guidance covers:

• screening new prisoners for TB
• handling people who develop symptoms in prison
• isolation
• reporting cases of TB
• managing people with existing conditions
• treating people with confirmed pulmonary TB
• treating people with extra pulmonary TB or with latent TB infection
• discharging or transferring people with TB

Published 1 May 2013

Last updated 15 July 2025 + show all updates

1. 15 July 2025

   Rebranded page to UKHSA. No change to content.

2. 1 May 2013

   First published.