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Table 1 Parameters in the model

From: Decolonization of patients and health care workers to control nosocomial spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus:a simulation study

Parameter

Value

Source

Average length of stay in intensive care units

4 days

[17]

Average length of stay in regular ward

7 days

UMC

Admission from another hospitals

5%

UMC

Staff : patient ratio in intensive care units

1:1

UMC

Staff : patient ratio in regular ward

5:18

UMC

Staff : patient ratio of HCWs not restricted to single wards

~1:8.7

UMC

Duration of colonization in extramural population (mean)

370 days

[13, 14]

Transmission risk intensive care units : regular ward

3:1

Assumption

Specificity of rapid diagnostic test

96%

[12]

Sensitivity of rapid diagnostic test

93%

[12]

Turnaround time of rapid diagnostic test

1 day

[12]

Specificity of conventional microbiological test (back-up test)

100%

Gold standard test assumed to be perfect

Sensitivity of conventional microbiological test (back-up test)

100%

Gold standard test assumed to be perfect

Turnaround time of conventional microbiological test (back-up test)

4 days

[12]

  1. UMC-parameters estimated from data from University Medical Center Utrecht.