10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007284.g003 Bijaya Adhikari Bijaya Adhikari Bryan Lewis Bryan Lewis Anil Vullikanti Anil Vullikanti José Mauricio Jiménez José Mauricio Jiménez B. Aditya Prakash B. Aditya Prakash Fomite contamination model for <i>C. difficile</i>. Public Library of Science 2019 outbreak detection infection outbreaks people Disease Control HAI outbreaks hospital patients near-optimal algorithms hospital practices optimization formulation hospital wing method location near-optimal monitoring CDC healthcare Results show HAI disease 2019-09-16 17:37:13 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Fomite_contamination_model_for_i_C_difficile_i_/9855227 <p>Each state in the finite state machine shown above indicates the stages in the contamination/decay process. The solid arrows indicate possible transition in state. The transition between the states depend on number of infected people in the location. The dashed arrows represent transition assuming cleaning.</p>