BCG vaccination for new entrants from high-incidence tuberculosis (TB) areas

Last reviewed 01/2018

Offer BCG vaccination to new entrants who are Mantoux- or interferon-gamma release assay-negative who:

• are from high-incidence countries and
• are previously unvaccinated (that is, without adequate documentation or a BCG scar) and
• are aged:
  • younger than 16 years or 16-35 years from sub-Saharan Africa or
  • a country with a TB incidence of 500 per 100,000 or more

Reference:

• NICE (January 2016). Tuberculosis.