Using electronic medical records in hospital simulation for infection control intervention assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical trials for assessing the effects of infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions are expensive and have shown mixed results. Mathematical models can be relatively inexpensive tools for evaluating the potential of interventions. However, capturing nuances between institutions and in patient populations have adversely affected the power of computational models of nosocomial transmission.

Methods

In this study, we present an agent-based model of ICUs in a tertiary care hospital, which directly uses data from the electronic medical records (EMR) to simulate pathogen transmission between patients, HCWs, and the environment. We demonstrate the application of our model to estimate the effects of IPC interventions at the local hospital level. Furthermore,

SUBMITTER: Haghpanah F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883657 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature