Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance
ETS
The enhanced tuberculosis surveillance system collects demographic, clinical and microbiological information on tuberculosis cases.
The system is designed to support the control of tuberculosis by allowing the monitoring of trends, supporting contact and outbreak investigation, providing information for planning, commissioning
and evaluation of services. The web-based system integrates various aspects of tuberculosis surveillance and presents data in a single portal. The ability to query both laboratory and clinical case
data across the NHS net provides an exciting step forward for national tuberculosis surveillance. The key features of this new system include:
- Electronic reporting of cases: including a facility to notify cases and produce outputs for statutory reports to the local authority.
- Laboratory data: real-time matching with laboratory isolate data from the UK Mycobacterial Surveillance Network (Mycobnet) along with strain typing data.
- Alerts: informing users of inbound or outbound case transfer requests and treatment outcome reports.
- Report generation: allowing configuration of cross tabulated reports based on the users data coupled with national data.
For further information on the web-based enhanced tuberculosis surveillance system contact tbsection@hpa.org.uk
For technical queries contact the software development unit, Centre for Infections: Helpdesk - 020 8200 1566 or Email: developmenthelpdesk@hpa.org.uk
The UK Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain Typing Database
Strain Typing
The aim of this project is to establish a National microbiological typing database for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which will hold
molecular typing data and minimum clinical and epidemiological data as defined by the TB DAME (Diagnosis and Molecular Epidemiology) working group members.
It was proposed that this repository of TB typing data would allow the rapid comparison of data at a local, Regional and National level to enable the identification of related cases and outbreaks. It is proposed that the database will provide "real time" assignation of novel genotypes by comparison with an accurate curated database of strains. This database is seen as a significant contribution of the Health Protection Agency to tuberculosis control.
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