|
Proportion of high-risk patients
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θ
|
0.5,[0,1]
|
[39]
|
|
Proportions of colonized patients in the high-risk and low-risk groups at admission
|
λCH,λCL
|
0.2, 0.05
|
[40]
|
|
Proportions of infected patients in the high-risk and low-risk groups at admission
|
λIH,λIL
|
0.01, 0
|
[41]
|
|
Discharge rates of uncolonized and colonized patients in the
|
γH,γL high-risk and low-risk groups
|
1/9,1/5
|
[29, 42, 43]
|
|
Probabilities of developing an MRSA infection in high-risk and low-risk patients
|
pH,pL
|
0.2, 0.05
|
[41, 44]
|
|
Treatment rates for high-risk and low-risk patients
|
νH,νL
|
1/10,1/5
|
[45]
|
|
Probabilities of MRSA-related death in high-risk and low-risk patients
|
dH,dL
|
0.3, 0.15
|
[14, 39, 46]
|
|
Total numbers of patients
|
Np
|
48
| |
|
Ratio of patients to HCWs
|
r
|
4
|
[39]
|
|
Decontamination rate in HCWs
|
η
|
24
|
[13]
|
|
Per capita contact rate
|
c
|
1.38
|
[30]
|
|
Probability of successful colonization
|
q
|
0.01
|
[13, 31]
|
|
Probability of successful contamination for colonized and infected patients
|
qC,qI
|
0.17, 0.25
|
[13, 32]
|
|
Transmission coefficient from contaminated HCWs to uncolonized patients
|
β
|
cqNp
| |
|
Transmission coefficients from colonized and infected patients to uncontaminated HCWs
|
αC,αI
|
cqCNp,cqINp
| |
|
Control factor for targeted measures on high-risk patients
|
σ
|
0.5,[0,1]
|
varying
|
|
Control factor for targeted measures on infected patients
|
κ
|
0.5,[0,1]
|
varying
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