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Table 5 Triage capacity and communication components available

From: Disaster preparedness and response capacity of regional hospitals in Tanzania: a descriptive cross-sectional study

 

N = 25

Percentage

Triage capacity component

 Regular triage

15

60.0

 Triage area

10

40.0

Triage personnel

 Triage enrolled nurse

12

48.0

 Triage attendants

11

44.0

 Triage Registered Nurse

5

20.0

 Triage Assistant medical officer

4

16.0

 Triage clinical officer

4

16.0

 Triage medical doctor

1

4.0

Triage training

 Triage training

8

32.0

 Triage guidelines

4

16.0

 Triage forms

3

12.0

Communication component

 Mobile phone

24

96.0

 Staff contacts

21

84.0

 Spokesperson (Liaison)

18

72.0

 Command centre

10

40.0

 Landline phone

9

36.0

 Conference area

7

28.0

 Siren

4

16.0

 Back-up communication

3

12.0