Table 1. Definitions of the parameters used in the model.

Parameters	Definition (Units)	Value	References
Λ	Inflow rate of patients to hospital (/day)	1.72	data
d1	Outflow rate of uninfected patients (/day)	1/4.2	data
d2	Outflow rate of infected patients (/day)	1/12.9	data
φ	Proportion of patients already colonized	0.0448	data
	when being hospitalized
β1	Transmission rate from patients to doctors (/person/day)	0.078	estimated
β2	Transmission rate from patients to nurses (/person/day)	0.3588	estimated
β3	Transmission rate from doctors to patients (/person/day)	0.0061	estimated
β4	Transmission rate from nurses to patients (/person/day)	0.0281	estimated
v1	Indirect transmission rate between environments and doctors	48.9	estimated
v2	Indirect transmission rate between environments and nurses	48.9	estimated
ND	Number of doctors	11	data
NH	Number of nurses	15	data
NP	Number of beds	20	data
γ	Hand washing rate of HCWs (/HCW/day)	24	Ref. 15