Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of working mode of the city assigned general hospital forundertaking the management and treatment of tuberculosis cases.Methods Based on document the responsibility of implementation tuberculosis control strategy(abbreviation DOTS strategy) that original took by the disease control central of Zhenjiang and each lung department of the general hospital was shifted to the new set up department of our hospital "Prevention Tuberculosis Department".Results For 3 years,the referring rate of the tuberculosis patient increased to 90% from 20%.The notification rate of the new smear positive tuberculosis patient raised year by year.The rate of 2001 was 5.57/100,000,2003 was 12.28/100,000.The rate reached to 21.57/100,000 in 2004.It increased 387.2% than that in 2001.The sputum examination rate and positive detection rate increased year by year.In 2001,the average sputum examination rate in urban area was 25%,the smear positive detection rate was 20%.To the end of 2004 the rate came to 100% and 40.1% respectively.The case detection rate of infectious tuberculosis increased to 50% for continuous 3 years.DOTS coverage rate was increased from below 10% before to 95% above.The cure rate of new infectious cases was 90% above;the cure rate of re-treatment cases was 80%.Conclusions The assigned general hospital can undertake the modem tuberculosis control strategy,make the manage and supervise of tuberculosis go well with the treatment,and can play important role in tuberculosis control.

Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis/prevention and control, htospital,general