Abstract: Objective To ascertain the knowledge on tuberculosis control among county level general hospital staff. Methods Health workers in departments of respiratory disease,infectious diseases,radiology and laboratory from 10 hospitals at the county level were asked to answer a pre-tested questionnaire consisting of 9 multiple-choice questions assessing the knowledge of tuberculosis control in Hu’nan Province by random sampling. Results Total 254 medical workers were involved in the study. The response rate was 97.3%(254/261). Only 36 respondents (14.2%) know rather well about tuberculosis control with the correct answer rate of 100%. Mean knowledge score among 254 respondents was 6.58±1.56 (1 point for each item, 9 items altogether). The knowledge levels were significant differences in gander,professional title,specialty of the medical workers and the knowledge score was correlated with training they received.Conclusion This study demonstrated that the knowledge on tuberculosis control is meager among medical workers in the county level general hospitals. It is an urgent task to train health workers in general hospitals with modern knowledge of tuberculosis control and management.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary/prevention and control, Medical staff,hospital