Queensland Tuberculosis Control Program (QTCP)

• Home
  • Functions of the QTCP
• Tuberculosis (TB) patients
  • Tuberculosis (TB) information
  • Risk of TB in Queensland
  • Reducing the spread of TB
• Diagnosis of TB
  • Step 1: Make an appointment for TB tests
  • Step 2: Review test results
  • Step 3: Confirm diagnosis and treatment
  • Step 4: Start treatment and ongoing monitoring
• Other mycobacterial diseases
• Health Professionals
  • TB prevention
  • TB screening programs
  • BCG vaccination
  • Managing TB patients
  • Clinical guidelines for treating TB
  • TB nursing management
  • TB infection control guidelines
  • TB treatment programs
  • Information on NTM and leprosy
  • TB surveillance
  • Mycobacterial research
  • TB resources
  • TB related forms
  • TB related links
  • TB training, education and employment
  • National Nurses TB Newsletter
• Quality Improvement
  • QTBCP committees
• Make an appointment
• Contact Us

Tuberculosis (TB) related links for Health Professionals

Australian websites

• Australian Immunisation Handbook
• Australian Lung Foundation
• National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee
• Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control
• NSW Health Department – controlling TB
• Public Health Act (Queensland) 2005 (PDF, 1420kb)
• Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand
• Victorian Government Health – mycobacterial diseases.

International websites

• American Lung Association
• American Thoracic Society
• British Thoracic Society
• Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
• Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Centre
• European Respiratory Society
• EuroTB: Surveillance of Tuberculosis inEurope
• Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center  (based at University of  California)
• International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
• John Hopkins Centre for Tuberculosis Research
• New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute
• New York City Guidelines for healthcare workers
• Sanger Centre (DNA Research): Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
• Stanford Centre for Tuberculosis Research
• World Health Organization - Tuberculosis.