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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 28.
Published before final editing as: Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 28:ciz248. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz248

Table 1.

Summary of parameter values and sources

Parameter Value Source
Disease parameters
 Carriage clearance rate, γ 1/387 per day Ref [9]
 Transmissibility (short stay), βS 0.104 (95% CI 0.071–0.125) per day Estimated (NHSN, CMS Claims)
 Transmissibility (long stay), βL 0.042 (95% CI 0.036–0.048) per day Estimated (NHSN, CMS Claims)
Intervention parameters
 Intervention start delay 30 days Informed guess (CDC)
 Interval between PPSs 14 days Informed guess (CDC)
 Negative PPSs to stop intervention 2 Informed guess (CDC)