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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (9): 1012-1018.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.09.021

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Application of information technology in home quarantine of patients with sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis

Sheng-yuan LIU1,Ya-rui YANG1,Liang CHEN2,Xu-jun GUO1,Tao ZHONG1,Min-min ZHU1,Jian WANG1,Sheng-bin LI1,Jie ZHANG1,Chun-fa SONG1,Nan-sen YANG1,Jian-ping MA1,()   

  1. 1. Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control,Shenzhen 518054, China
  • Received:2018-03-02 Online:2018-09-10 Published:2018-10-17
  • Contact: Jian-ping MA E-mail:jfk@sznsmby.com

Abstract:

To explore the application of global positioning system (GPS) technology and mobile terminals application (APP) to monitor the activity trajectory and medication of tuberculosis (TB) patients during their home quarantine, 10 smear-positive mild TB patients with voluntary signing the informed consent of home quarantine, who were newly treated and managed at Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control from August 2017 to November 2017, were selected as the research subjects. The ten patients were managed by the doctors with “Jian xiang hu lian” APP. After two weeks of quarantine (one home quarantine cycle), the patients went to Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control for sputum smear examination. According to the results of sputum smear, the doctors decided to cease or continue the quarantine. In the end, 7 cases carried out 1 home quarantine cycle, and 3 cases performed 2 home quarantine cycles. Eight patients’ medication video upload rates were above 95%. Three patients were at home during the whole period of quarantine, while 7 patients were unable to stay at home during the whole period of quarantine, but the trajectories were clear. Among the 7 patients who were out of their homes, 2 patients went to see a doctor 5 times with reporting to the doctor. Two patients respectively went out 3 times and 4 times due to illness and other matters without reporting to the doctor. One patient went to see a doctor 4 times with reporting to the doctor, but went out 1 time for moving house without reporting to the doctor. One patient went out 2 times for medical examination with reporting to the doctor, but went out 3 times due to other matters without reporting to the doctor. One patient went out 5 times for medical examination with reporting to the doctor, but went out 1 times for purchasing daily necessities without reporting to the doctor. The results showed that the home quarantine model based on GPS technology could provide control and supervision basis for the precise and effective quarantine of smear-positive TB patients and reducing the transmission of TB.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Patient quarantine, Portable telephone, Geographic information system, Management information system