Paper
An Analysis on Risk of Influenza-Like Illness Infection in a Hospital Using Agent-Based Simulation
- Authors:
- D. Minh Nguyen; Hiroshi Deguchi; Manabu Ichikawa; Tomoya Saito; Shuhei Fujimoto
- Abstract
- The purpose of the research is to develop a framework to assess the risk of a highly contagious and mortal influenza-like illness infection to health care workers in a hospital under different scenarios of infection control. The method is to build an agent-based model for simulating infection of the virus in the hospital and use an open-source software to visualize a risk graph of infection. The simulation results show a high risk of infection among health care workers who directly take care of inpatients and the evidence of the risk is visualized in the form of graphs. The research contributes a novel risk assessment for hospital staff to prepare for an influenza pandemic in the future.
- Keywords
- Nosocomial Infection; Infection Control; Agent-Based Simulation; Risk Assessment
- StartPage
- 63
- EndPage
- 74
- Doi
- 10.5963/PHF0303003