Table 5.

Opinion on possible way forward to develop formal triage systems in hospitals with ‘eyeball’ triage

Way Forward to develop triage (n = 28)	Strongly Agree	Agree	Not Sure	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Conduct regular training on triage	86%	14%	0%	0%	0%
Formulate or adopt a triage system/scale	71%	29%	0%	0%	0%
Need to assign staff specifically to do triage during each shift	64%	29%	0%	4%	4%
Print triage tool(chart/scales) and put in open place in emergency receiving areas	82%	18%	0%	0%	0%
Administrative support	68%	25%	7%	0%	0%
Create space for triage categories	57%	36%	4%	4%	0%

Participants agreed with all suggested way forward to develop triage protocol with exception of some few disagreed on the point of creating space specifically for triage and assigning a staff specifically to do triage.