African journal of primary health care & family medicine
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Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med · Mar 2016
Perceptions of doctors and nurses at a Ugandan hospital regarding the introduction and use of the South African Triage Scale.
International Hospital Kampala (IHK) experienced a challenge with how to standardise the triaging and sorting of patients. There was no triage tool to help to prioritise which patients to attend to first, with very sick patient often being missed. ⋯ Adequate nurse staffing, a computer application for automated coding of patients, and regular training would encourage consistent use and sustainability of SATS. Setting up a hospital committee to review signs and symptoms would increase acceptability and sustainability. SATS is valuable in the IHK setting because it improved overall efficiency of triaging and care, with significantly more strengths than weaknesses.