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Events and their rates |
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| Event |
Rate of event |
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| Patient removal (when no colonization detected) |
μ(x + y) |
| Detection of colonized patient and removal |
γy |
| HCW hand cleaning |
μ' (x' + y') |
| Removal of contamination from hands of HCWs |
μ' y'λ' |
| HCW-patient contact |
c(x + y) |
| HCW-to-patient transmission |
βxy'/n' |
| Patient-to-HCW transmission |
β' yx'/n' |
| Admission of uncolonized patient |
(1 - σ) (μx + μy + γy) |
| Admission of colonized patient |
σ(μx + μy + γy) |
Beggs et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:114 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-114 |
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