Table 4 Result summaries for the outcomes measures from 1000 probabilistic simulations for environmental and virulent scenarios
From: A hybrid simulation model approach to examine bacterial genome sequencing during a hospital outbreak
Total number of: | Environmental contamination | Increased Virulence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No WGS (Scenario 4) | Early WGS (Scenario 5) | No WGS (Scenario 6) | Early WGS (Scenario 7) | |
Colonized patients (SD) | 234 (179) | 2 (0) | 256 (157) | 3 (0) |
Env contamination sites (SD) | 33 (28) | 0 (0) | Â | Â |
Infected patients (SD) | Â | Â | 41 (25) | 1 (0) |
Deaths (SD) | Â | Â | 6 (5) | 0 (0) |
Detected patients (SD) | 123 (86) | 2 (0) | 119 (70) | 1 (0) |
Sequencing tests (SD) | Â | 4 (0) | Â | 2 (0) |
Bed closures (SD) | 720 (508) | 9 (1) | 692 (424) | 6 (2) |
Total costs $US (SD) | 451,280 (252,232) | 44,994 (1954) | 606,367 (318,967) | 46,657 (2802) |
Whole genome sequencing costs | Â | 985 (20) | Â | 502 (49) |
Microbiology testing costs | 259,910 (119,687) | 40,141 (1950) | 268,621 (114,042) | 40,685 (2543) |
Cleaning costs | 46,310 (32,867) | 476 (59) | 44,328 (27,333) | 370 (198) |
Nursing costs | 4982 (3698) | 86 (5) | 4843 (3034) | 45 (9) |
Infection control executive meetings costs | 31,802 (22,710) | 1925 (34) | 31,369 (18,619) | 1941 (101) |
Bed closure costs | 108,277 (76,740) | 1381 (139) | 104,019 (63,868) | 915 (339) |
Infection treatment costs | Â | Â | 74,828 (46,413) | 2200 (732) |
Death costs | Â | Â | 78,359 (61,973) | 0 (0) |