The following treatment administration options may be offered to patients on TB treatment:
a) Community- or home-based DOT is recommended over health facility-based DOT or
unsupervised treatment;
b) DOT administered by trained lay providers or health-care workers is recommended over DOT
administered by family members or unsupervised treatment;
c) Video-observed treatment (VOT) may replace DOT when the video communication technology is available, and it can be appropriately organized and operated by health-care providers and patients.
Guideline Citation
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment - drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Grade Strength
Grade Certainty of evidence label
Recommendation Direction