Is it possible to safely increase the number of patients classified as non-urgent in triage? A prospective observational study
Arian Zaboli,
Serena Sibilio,
Michael Mian
et al.
Abstract:Triage systems, calibrated to discriminate acute conditions, seem unable to deal with minor non-urgent conditions. The aim of the present study to verify whether some level 4 priority codes can be safely declassified to level 5 priority codes. A prospective observational study was performed between 1° October 2022 to 31° March 2023. All patients with a code 5 according to the Manchester Triage System (MTS) were compared with patients with a priority level 4 code but with a general indicator that was downgraded… Show more
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