Optimal Screening Strategies for Healthcare Associated Infections in a Multi-Institutional Setting
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Optimal Screening Strategies for Healthcare Associated Infections in a Multi-Institutional Setting
Health institutions may choose to screen newly admitted patients for the presence of disease in order to reduce disease prevalence within the institution. Screening is costly, and institutions must judiciously choose which patients they wish to screen based on the dynamics of disease transmission. Since potentially infected patients move between different health institutions, the screening and ...
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Affiliations: 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; 2. Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College Department of Medicine, Valhalla, New York; 3. Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; 4. The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois; 5. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Computational Biology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1553-7358
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003407