Table 2.

Participants' opinion on the way forward to improve triage in hospitals with formal local protocol

Way forward to improve triage (n = 5)	Strongly Agree	Agree	Not Sure	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Conduct regular training on triage	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Adopt a unified triage scale nationwide	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Need to assign staff specifically to do triage during each shift	80%	20%	0%	0%	0%
Print triage tool(chart/scales) and put in open place in emergency receiving areas	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Administrative support in terms of number of staff on duty	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Emphasis for staff to stick to guideline	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Create and label areas for various triage categories	80%	20%	0%	0%	0%

Respondents generally agreed 100% (strongly agree plus agree) for all the possible way forwards to improving on the existing local protocol.