BCG vaccination for contacts of people with active TB

Last reviewed 01/2018

BCG vaccination for contacts of people with active TB

Offer BCG vaccination to Mantoux- (or interferon-gamma release assay-) negative contacts of people with pulmonary and laryngeal TB if they:

• have not been vaccinated previously (that is, there is no adequate documentation or a BCG scar)
  • and
    • are aged 35 years or younger or
    • are aged 36 years and older and a healthcare or laboratory worker who has contact with patients or clinical materials

Reference:

• NICE (January 2016). Tuberculosis.