Table 1 Model parameters for both intervention periods

Sporadic acquisition rate

β ₀

0.009 (0.002–0.022)

0.008 (0.001–0.015)

Transmission rate from unisolated patients

β ₁

0.006 (0–0.017)

0.006 (0–0.016)

Transmission rate from isolated patients

β ₂

0.001 (0–0.005)

0

Admission prevalence

$\mathit{\sigma }$

0.18 (0.14–0.22)

0.15 (0.11–0.21)

Isolation rate for imported and acquired cases

δ ₁,δ ₂

0.5, 0.25

0.5, 0.25

Fraction of colonized inpatients placed in preemptive isolation

$\mathit{\in }$

0

1

Discharge rates of susceptible, colonized and isolated patients

μ _S,μ _C,μ _I

0.2, 0.2, 0.13

0.18, 0.18, 0.13

Number of patients

N

16

16

Number of isolation beds

N _I

16

8