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.
The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.
Links to related guidelines, including pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis, are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics" and "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – General guidelines for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis".)
International
●International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT): Guidance regarding the SARS CoV-2 pandemic (2020, revised 2021)
●ISHLT: Recommendations on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in heart and lung transplantation (2021)
Canada
●CST: National transplant consensus guidance on COVID-19 vaccine (2020)
United States
●National Institutes of Health (NIH): COVID-19 treatment guidelines
●AST: SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus, 2019-nCoV) – Recommendations and guidance for organ donor testing (2020)
United Kingdom
India
●Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI): Guidelines for liver transplantation and COVID-19 (2020)
Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.
●[United States] American Society of Transplantation (AST): COVID-19 information – AST resources for transplant recipients and candidates
●[United States] United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS): COVID-19 – News and resources for transplant patients
UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5th to 6th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)
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