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Table 1 Global variable explanations and baseline values

From: Comparing intervention strategies for reducing Clostridioides difficile transmission in acute healthcare settings: an agent-based modeling study

Global variable

Description

Baseline value

occupancy

hospital occupancy level

0.85

ar

probability a patient is resistant upon admission

0.75

as

probability a patient is susceptible upon admission

0.09

ac

probability a patient is colonized upon admission

0.15

ad

probability a patient is diseased upon admission

0.01

probability-lack-immunity

probability a colonized patient will not mount an immune response

0.1

prrmin

minimum probability of regaining resistance

0.2

probability-antibiotic

half-daily probability of a patient beginning an antibiotic treatment

0.27

prob-low-risk

probability of a prescribed antibiotic being low-risk with respect to CDI

0.4

prob-high-risk

probability of a prescribed antibiotic being high-risk with respect to CDI

0.26

prob-vhigh-risk

probability of a prescribed antibiotic being very high-risk with respect to CDI

0.34

\(p_{l}^{h}\)

probability of becoming colonized if treated with low-risk antibiotic in a highly contaminated room

1/30

prob-suff-clean

probability of effective room cleaning

0.5

sensitivity

sensitivity of the CDI screening test

0.91

turnaround

turnaround time (half-days) of the CDI screening test

2

prob-succ-treat

probability of successful treatment of CDI

0.8

HCW-compliance-CDI-patients

probability of an HCW following proper contact precautions when visiting a quarantined patient with CDI

0.6

HCW-basic-compliance

probability of an HCW complying with contact precautions after visiting a non-quarantined patient

0.45

clean-reduction

proportion by which the contamination level of a room is reduced after effective cleaning

0.5

HCW-transfer-percent

proportion of an HCW’s carrier level that is transferred to a room upon successful transfer

0.9

room-transfer-percent

proportion of a room’s contamination level that is transferred to an HCW upon successful transfer

0.1

contam-level-low

maximum contamination level of a low-contamination room

0.4

contam-level-med

maximum contamination level of a medium-contamination room

0.8