Abstract: Objective To investigate the main reasons of the low arrival rate after tracing of the TB patients or suspects reported by the internet-based reporting system from the health care facilities other than TB dispensary,and take measures to improve the arrival rate after tracing in the provincial capital city.Methods Monthly tracing forms about TB patients or suspects in 2006 from district center for disease prevention and control were used,the date of checking and tracing through the internet-reporting system from the health care facilities other than TB dispensary were analyzed.Results 1 552 cases of TB patients or suspects from the health care facilities other than TB dispensary were reported in 2006,among that 981(63.2%)cases arrived TB dispensary actively,314(55.0%)cases were traced and 90(28.7%)cases were arrived after tracing.The reason for primary tracing failure was the non-hefei registered permanent resident without contact telephone or false information(151 cases,58.8%).The main reasons for arriving failure of traced patients included the patients had been excluded from TB by TB special hospital or other general hospitals 57(25.45%),the cases received medical treatment in the local health care facilities 41(18.3%)and the cases were hospitalized 40(17.9%).Conclusions In order to enhance the total tracing rate,the key is to improve the quality of the infectious disease reporting card in hospitals in term of accuracy and completeness,followed by establishing the information exchange system for the TB dispensaries in provincial capital city and other prefectures and also to timely correct the information of the patients excluded from TB.

Key words: Pulmonary, Tuberculosis/prevention and control,tracing, Internet-based reporting system