Abstract: Objective Understand the relative infection control situation of tuberculosis(TB)the infection,prevalence rate of health care workers both in China and other countries，learn from the TB infection control experience in other countries and explore the advantages and disadvantages of tuberculosis infection control in China to provide theoretical basis for strengthening TB infection control of health care workers(HCW). Methods Compare and analyze the relative studies and results from the National Center for TB Control and Prevention and the thirty scientific literatures from 1995 to 2012 that retrieved from Wan-Fang database,CNKI and PubMed. Results More than a half of the health-care facilities did not conduct the standard tuberculosis infection control measures in China, the TB infection rate of health care workers was 50%-70%, the year prevalence rate was 415/100 000 to 2240/100 000, which were similar to the infection rate of 41%-72% and the year prevalence rate of 558/100 000 to 6000/100 000 in Peru,Thailand,Vietnam,Brazil these low- and middle-income countries. And higher than the infection rate of 1.2%-50% in America,Canada,Australia these high-income countries. Conclusion The infection control status in health-care facilities was poor in China, the TB infection rate and the prevalence rate of health care workers were similar to some low- and middle-income countries, but worse than the status in high-income countries, thus TB infection control needs to be reinforced in China.

Key words: Tuberculosis/prevention &, control, Disease transmission, patient-to-professional/prevention &, control, Comparative study