118214 20251113150203.0 doi 10.3389/fphy.2022.882314 sideral 129611 ART-2022-129611 eng Lu, Dan Assessing the Risk of Spatial Spreading of Diseases in Hospitals 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted In recent years, the transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has led to substantial economic loss, extensive damage, and many preventable deaths. With the increasing availability of data, mathematical models of pathogen spreading in healthcare settings are becoming more detailed and realistic. Here, we make use of spatial and temporal information that has been obtained from healthcare workers (HCWs) in three hospitals in Canada and generate data-driven networks that allow us to realistically simulate the spreading of an airborne respiratory pathogen in such settings. By exploring in depth the dynamics of HAIs on the generated networks, we quantify the infection risk associated with both the spatial units of the hospitals and HCWs categorized by their occupations. Our findings show that the "inpatient care" and "public area" are the riskiest categories of units and "nurse" is the occupation at a greater risk of getting infected. Our results provide valuable insights that can prove important for measuring risks associated with HAIs and for strengthening prevention and control measures with the potential to reduce transmission of infections in hospital settings. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 3.1 2022 PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 33 / 85 = 0.388 2022 Q2 T2 0.607 2022 Biophysics 2022 Q2 Materials Science (miscellaneous) 2022 Q2 Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) 2022 Q2 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2022 Q2 Mathematical Physics 2022 Q2 3.8 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Aleta, Alberto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1192-8707 Moreno Vega, Yamir Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0895-1893 2004 405 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Física Teórica Área Física Teórica 10 (2022), 882314 [7 pp] Front. phys. FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS 2296-424X 1391663 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118214/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2389477 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118214/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:118214 articulos driver 2025-11-13-15:00:41 ARTICLE