A quality improvement study of the emergency centre triage in a tertiary teaching hospital in northern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

An effective emergency triage system should prioritize both trauma and non-trauma patients according to level of acuity, while also addressing local disease burden and resource availability. In March 2012, an adapted version of the South African Triage Scale was introduced in the emergency centre (EC) of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in northern Ethiopia.

Methods

This quality improvement study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of nurse-led emergency triage in a large Ethiopian teaching hospital using the Donabedian model. A 45% random sample was selected from all adult emergency patients during the study period, May 10th to May 25th 2015. Patient charts were collected and retrospectively reviewed. Presence and proper completion of the triag

SUBMITTER: Abdelwahab R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6234140 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature