Modelling pathogen spread in a healthcare network: Indirect patient movements
Fig 8
Comparison of average system-wide phase durations and individual phase ends expressed in days in simulations when each healthcare facility was selected as the initial infection point.
(a) Phase durations for hospitals and corresponding community nodes. Phase 1 denotes the beginning of the spread (prevalence lower than 10% of the final prevalence); phase 2 denotes the transition state (prevalence < 99.9% final prevalence). The phase durations correspond to a system-wide prevalence, not to individual facility prevalences. (b) Individual phase ends in healthcare facilities and in corresponding community-nodes. Presented results are averaged-out amid all possible initial infection points. Pathogen spread was initiated by a single infectious patient originating from each facility.