Perceptions of doctors and nurses at a Ugandan hospital regarding the introduction and use of the South African Triage Scale
Background: 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. Aim and setting: To explore whether the...
Main Authors: | Francis Mulindwa, Julia Blitz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AOSIS
2016-03-01
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Series: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine |
Online Access: | https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/1056 |
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