Pathogen transmission and clinic scheduling

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jan;12(1):159-62. doi: 10.3201/eid1201.050349.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care Facilities*
  • Appointments and Schedules*
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious* / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Risk
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Uncertainty