Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Management of hepatitis B" and "Society guideline links: Hepatitis B infection in solid organ transplant candidates and recipients" and "Society guideline links: Prevention of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection among health care providers" and "Society guideline links: Travel medicine".)
International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing (2017)
●World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO): Practice guideline on hepatitis B (2015)
Canada
●CPS: Practice point on sexually transmitted infections in adolescents – Maximizing opportunities for optimal care (2014, updated 2018)
United States
●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Hepatitis B information – Major guidelines
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Hepatitis B (2021)
●CDC: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases ("The Pink Book") – Hepatitis B (2017)
●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on hepatitis B virus infection – Screening (2014)
Europe
●ECDC: Guidance on HIV and STI prevention among men who have sex with men (2015)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on hepatitis B (chronic) – Diagnosis and management (2013, updated 2017)
●NICE: Quality standard on hepatitis B (2014)
●NICE: Public health guideline on hepatitis B and C testing – People at risk of infection (2012, updated 2013)
Japan
●Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B – A 2015 update (published 2016)