Identification and Triage

Improving Identification and Triage of Patients with COVID-19
Lia M. Barros, DNP, ARNP

Disclosure
•No financial disclosures
•Author for the Pragmatic
Guidelines for
Identification and Triage
of Patients with COVID-
19 in Low to Middle
Income Countries
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Learning Objectives
•Understand the importance of identifying and triaging patients
with COVID-19
•Name the readily available screening and secondary screening
tools that can help identify patients with possible or confirmed
cases of COVID-19.
•List key features of an appropriate triage severity of illness scoring
system to determine appropriate level of care for COVID-19
patients in Low to Middle Income Countries (LMIC)
•Identify which diagnostic modalities can be used to risk stratify
patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and when they
are clinically indicated.
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Why Identification
and Triage Matter
•Essential to managing the surge of
healthcare needs
•Decreases mortality and morbidity
•Reduction in the use of PPE
•Preserves healthcare worker resource
•Slows the spread of disease
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Lowers In Hospital Transmission
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