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 infectious should decrease pathogen dissemination.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
John R
JR
Hotchkiss
David G
DG
Strike
Philip S
PS
Crooke
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012306:Risk; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D035501:Uncertainty