Triage is usually performed by using a threshold score, with people above the determined score to be given more urgent care.
The safety of telephone triage might be enhanced by using computer based decision support systems. 1 37 On the basis of the findings of this study, such a program should have as a minimum requirement protocols with advice on obligatory questions to be asked, recommendations for urgency outcome, and relevant home management and safety net advice.
The plasma NGAL level was determined by using a Triage NGAL Assay (Alere Inc., San Diego, CA, USA), and the measurable range was 15 to 1,300 ng/mL.
We have also been working to tackle the second delay by using motorbike ambulances, triage systems and maternity waiting homes.
Plasma NGAL was measured by using the standardized Triage® NGAL test (Biosite Incorporated, San Diego, CA, USA) at baseline (within 1 h prior to contrast administration) and 6 h after contrast administration.
Care costs can be further reduced by using physiotherapists in triaging of patients: experienced physiotherapists can act as gatekeepers to surgical care, providing appropriate assessment and management of the patient's condition [ 62- 64].
Although President Obama performed much needed triage on our broken criminal justice system by using his executive clemency power, many wonderful men and women were left behind when he left office.
In this study, we evaluated the performance of ESI in the ED of a large tertiary care academic hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and identified independent predictors of under- and over-triage by nurses using ESI.
Callers to the NHS funded, nurse-led NHS Direct NHSDD) are offered information, or triaged by nurses, using computer decision software, and directed to emergency, primary or self-care as appropriate.
Our study determined plasma NGAL by using the standardized, point-of-care Triage® NGAL test.
