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Triage accuracy and causes of mistriage using the Korean Triage and Acuity Scale

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  • Sun-Hee Moon
  • Jae Lan Shim
  • Keun-Sook Park
  • Chon-Suk Park

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Purpose: To identify emergency department triage accuracy using the Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS) and evaluate the causes of mistriage. Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective study was based on 1267 systematically selected records of adult patients admitted to two emergency departments between October 2016 and September 2017. Twenty-four variables were assessed, including chief complaints, vital signs according to the initial nursing records, and clinical outcomes. Three triage experts, a certified emergency nurse, a KTAS provider and instructor, and a nurse recommended based on excellent emergency department experience and competence determined the true KTAS. Triage accuracy was evaluated by inter-rater agreement between the expert and emergency nurse KTAS scores. The comments of the experts were analyzed to evaluate the cause of triage error. An independent sample t-test was conducted to compare the number of patient visits per hour in terms of the accuracy and inaccuracy of triage. Results: Inter-rater reliability between the emergency nurse and the true KTAS score was weighted kappa = .83 and Pearson’s r = .88 (p

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  • Sun-Hee Moon & Jae Lan Shim & Keun-Sook Park & Chon-Suk Park, 2019. "Triage accuracy and causes of mistriage using the Korean Triage and Acuity Scale," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(9), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0216972
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216972
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