A model of health care worker (HCW) and patient flow dynamics through hospital ward specialties and rooms.

<p>Solid arrows represent HCW and patient movement into, out of, and between ward specialties and rooms, and between MRSA susceptible and colonised states. Dashed arrows represent MRSA transmission occurring upon contact between HCWs and patients. When beds in single-bed rooms (SBR) or multiple-bed rooms (MBR) are not available, hospital patient admissions may be delayed and inpatients that are being moved from a ward or room remain in their current bed until the requested beds are made available.