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Triage

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term677623
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Definition:Help on this term

The process by which a patient is briefly assessed to determine the urgency of their problem and priority for emergency care.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Reference documents:Help on this term

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2013a. Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale (P06). Melbourne: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Viewed 7 October 2016, https://www.acem.org.au/getattachment/693998d7-94be-4ca7-a0e7-3d74cc9b733f/Policy-on-the-Australasian-Triage-Scale.aspx

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2013b. Guidelines on the implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale in Emergency Department (G24). Melbourne: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Viewed 7 October 2016, https://www.acem.org.au/getattachment/4320524e-ad60-4e7c-a96d-bdf90cd7966c/G24-Implementation-of-the-Australasian-Triage-Scal.aspx

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Triage
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Supersedes Triage
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Incomplete 16/10/2012
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2018-19
  • Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2019-20
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Emergency service care NBEDS 2020-21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Emergency service care NBEDS 2021-22
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Emergency service stay—triage category
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Emergency service stay—triage category, code N
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Emergency service stay—triage category, code N
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20
  • Health, Retired 19/11/2019
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/01/2019
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Triage category code N
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
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