Reliability and validity of the Manchester Triage System in a general emergency department patient population in the Netherlands: results of a simulation study

Objective: To assess the reliability and validity of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) in a general emergency department patient population. Methods: A prospective evaluation study was conducted in two general hospitals in the Netherlands. Emergency department nurses from both hospitals triaged 50 patient vignettes into one of five triage categories in the MTS. Triage ratings were compared with the ratings of two Dutch MTS experts to measure inter-rater reliability. Nineteen days after triaging the patient vignettes, triage nurses were asked to rate the same vignettes again to measure test-re... Mehr ...