Pathogen Transmission and Clinic Scheduling

We developed a model of pathogen dissemination in the outpatient clinic that incorporates key kinetic aspects of the transmission process, as well as uncertainty regarding whether or not each incident patient is contagious. Assigning appointments late in the day to patients suspected of being infect...

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Autores principales: Hotchkiss, John R., Strike, David G., Crooke, Philip S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494737
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1201.050349
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spelling pubmed-32913842012-03-05 Pathogen Transmission and Clinic Scheduling Hotchkiss, John R. Strike, David G. Crooke, Philip S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We developed a model of pathogen dissemination in the outpatient clinic that incorporates key kinetic aspects of the transmission process, as well as uncertainty regarding whether or not each incident patient is contagious. Assigning appointments late in the day to patients suspected of being infectious should decrease pathogen dissemination. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3291384/ /pubmed/16494737 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1201.050349 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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