An algorithm to build synthetic temporal contact networks based on close-proximity interactions data
Fig 2
Description of contact heterogeneity and recurrence across the facility.
a) Repartition of contacts between grouped staff professions and patient wards. A link between one staff category and one patient ward indicates that, at any point during the investigation period, a staff member from that category had a contact with a patient from that ward. For ease of visualisation, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and other re-education staff are grouped into “Reeducation”; administrative, animation/hairdresser, logistic, and hospital service agents are grouped into “Other”; and nurses, head nurses, and students/interns are grouped into “Nurses”. Porters, doctors and care assistants are not grouped. b) Distribution of number of wards with which each staff member has had at least one contact with during the study period. c) Distribution of probabilities of recurring contacts. Each observation is calculated over the entire studied period, and corresponds to the average probability for one staff or one patient to form a new contact with a previously-met individual (staff or patient) over the studied period rather than a new individual. Diamonds indicate the mean values.