Modelling COVID-19 transmission in a hemodialysis centre using simulation generated contacts matrices.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly threatening to patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on intermittent hemodialysis and their care providers. Hemodialysis patients who receive life-sustaining medical therapy in healthcare settings, face unique challenges as they need to be at a dialysis unit three or more times a week, where they are confined to specific settings and tended to by dialysis nurses and staff with physical interaction and in close proximity. Despite the importance and critical situation of the dialysis units, modelling studies of the SARS-CoV-2 spread in these settings are very limited. In this paper, we have used a combination of discrete event and agent-based simulation models, to study the operations of a typical large dialysis unit and generate contact ma

SUBMITTER: Tofighi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604317 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature