Triage

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	677623
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Definition:	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:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Reference documents:	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Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Triage Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Supersedes Triage Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Incomplete 16/10/2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2019-20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Emergency service care NBEDS 2020-21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Emergency service care NBEDS 2021-22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Emergency service stay—triage category Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Emergency service stay—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Emergency service stay—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department service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