Quality Improvement Project on Triaging and Fast-tracking Maternity Patients

Patients at the Themba Hospital in Mpumalanga province were not triaged. They were attended on the basis of who came first unless labour was imminent or there was an emergency. This resulted in cases such as fetal distress, cord prolapse or uterine rupture not diagnosed immediately because patients had to wait for their turn. Many cases were not monitored. This contributed to poor maternal and fetal outcomes. The project aimed at creating a standardised and easy to use system for assessing and prioritising urgency of patients who were presented to the labour ward.

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