ArticleAIMS public health2018
Individual movements and contact patterns in a Canadian long-term care facility.
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- Multifaceted strategies for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada.Preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Multifaceted strategies for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2021Article
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- Risk of influenza infection with low vaccine effectiveness: the role of avoidance behaviour.Epidemiology and infection · 2019Article
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Abstract
Contact networks of individuals in healthcare facilities are poorly understood, largely due to the lack of spatio-temporal movement data. A better understanding of such networks of interactions can help improve disease control strategies for nosocomial outbreaks. We sought to determine the spatio-temporal patterns of interactions between individuals using movement data collected in the largest veterans long-term care facility in Canada. We processed close-range contact data generated by the exchange of ultra-low-power radio signals, in a prescribed proximity, between wireless sensors worn by the participants over a two-week period. Statistical analyses of contact and movement data were conducted. We found a clear dichotomy in the contact network and movement patterns between residents and healthcare workers (HCWs) in this facility. Overall, residents tend to have significantly more distinct contacts with the mean of 17.3 (s.d. 3.6) contacts, versus 3.5 (s.d. 2.3) for HCWs (
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