Abstract：
:A stochastic model for hospital infection incorporating both direct transmission and indirect transmission via free-living bacteria in the environment is investigated. We examine the long term behavior of the model by calculating a stationary distribution and normal approximation of the distribution. The quasi-stationary distribution of the model is studied to investigate the models' behavior before extinction and the time to extinction. Numerical results show agreement between the calculated distributions and results of event-driven simulations. Hand hygiene of volunteers is more effective in terms of reducing the mean (or standard deviation) of the stationary distribution of colonized patients and the expected time to extinction compared to hand hygiene of health care workers (HCWs), on the basis of our parameter values. However, the indirect (or direct) transmission rate can lead to either increase or decrease in the standard deviation of the stationary distribution, but the impact of the indirect transmission is much greater than that of the direct transmission. The findings suggest that isolation of new admitted colonized patients is most effective in reducing both the mean and standard deviation of the stationary distribution and measures related to indirect transmission are secondary in their effects compared to other interventions.
journal_name
Math Bioscijournal_title
Mathematical biosciencesauthors
Wang X,Xiao Y,Wang J,Lu Xdoi
10.1016/j.mbs.2012.10.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-01-01 00:00:00pages
115-24issue
1eissn
0025-5564issn
1879-3134pii
S0025-5564(12)00200-3journal_volume
241pub_type
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