FIG 6.

(A to F) Movement of VREfm patients at different time points. The movement of patients who became positive within 14 days after the transfer is displayed. An increase in movements of VREfm patients between different departments is indicated by an increase in the thickness of the line between them. The increase in size of a department represents the number of VREfm patients in the department shown during the corresponding quarter. The black dot on the left-hand side represents external hospitals and unidirectional transfer of VREfm patients into our hospital. In the beginning, only few movements were detected (A), with an increasing dynamic over time (B to E). External transfer of VREfm patients became more frequent. In addition, two major axes of patient movements were identified within the hospital, comprising, on the one hand, emergency room, hemato-oncology, and internal ICU, and on the other, thoracic surgery, surgical ICU, and surgical wards. (F) Overview of VREfm patient movements. Q, quarter.