Evaluation of the medically necessary, time sensitive triage score during and beyond the local COVID-19 pandemic in the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit of a tertiary hospital in South Africa

Adekunle Emmanuel Sajo; Arie Mouton; Gbenga Olorunfemi; Visser Cathy; Matthys Cornelis van Aardt; Greta Dreyer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0284177

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Evaluation of the medically necessary, time sensitive triage score during and beyond the local COVID-19 pandemic in the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit of a tertiary hospital in South Africa

Adekunle Emmanuel Sajo ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: adekunlesajo@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-418X

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Arie Mouton,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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Gbenga Olorunfemi,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6634-8550

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Visser Cathy,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Matthys Cornelis van Aardt,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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Greta Dreyer

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecologic Oncology Unit, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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Evaluation of the medically necessary, time sensitive triage score during and beyond the local COVID-19 pandemic in the Gynaecologic Oncology Unit of a tertiary hospital in South Africa

Adekunle Emmanuel Sajo,
Arie Mouton,
Gbenga Olorunfemi,
Visser Cathy,
Matthys Cornelis van Aardt,
Greta Dreyer

Published: April 13, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284177

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