|
occupancy
|
hospital occupancy level
|
0.85
|
|
ar
|
probability a patient is resistant upon admission
|
0.75
|
|
as
|
probability a patient is susceptible upon admission
|
0.09
|
|
ac
|
probability a patient is colonized upon admission
|
0.15
|
|
ad
|
probability a patient is diseased upon admission
|
0.01
|
|
probability-lack-immunity
|
probability a colonized patient will not mount an immune response
|
0.1
|
|
prrmin
|
minimum probability of regaining resistance
|
0.2
|
|
probability-antibiotic
|
half-daily probability of a patient beginning an antibiotic treatment
|
0.27
|
|
prob-low-risk
|
probability of a prescribed antibiotic being low-risk with respect to CDI
|
0.4
|
|
prob-high-risk
|
probability of a prescribed antibiotic being high-risk with respect to CDI
|
0.26
|
|
prob-vhigh-risk
|
probability of a prescribed antibiotic being very high-risk with respect to CDI
|
0.34
|
|
\(p_{l}^{h}\)
|
probability of becoming colonized if treated with low-risk antibiotic in a highly contaminated room
|
1/30
|
|
prob-suff-clean
|
probability of effective room cleaning
|
0.5
|
|
sensitivity
|
sensitivity of the CDI screening test
|
0.91
|
|
turnaround
|
turnaround time (half-days) of the CDI screening test
|
2
|
|
prob-succ-treat
|
probability of successful treatment of CDI
|
0.8
|
|
HCW-compliance-CDI-patients
|
probability of an HCW following proper contact precautions when visiting a quarantined patient with CDI
|
0.6
|
|
HCW-basic-compliance
|
probability of an HCW complying with contact precautions after visiting a non-quarantined patient
|
0.45
|
|
clean-reduction
|
proportion by which the contamination level of a room is reduced after effective cleaning
|
0.5
|
|
HCW-transfer-percent
|
proportion of an HCW’s carrier level that is transferred to a room upon successful transfer
|
0.9
|
|
room-transfer-percent
|
proportion of a room’s contamination level that is transferred to an HCW upon successful transfer
|
0.1
|
|
contam-level-low
|
maximum contamination level of a low-contamination room
|
0.4
|
|
contam-level-med
|
maximum contamination level of a medium-contamination room
|
0.8
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