Fig 1.
Triage algorithm for patient classification upon arrival.
RR, respiratory rate; HR, heart rate; SpO2, oxygen saturation; IPSI, Interrupting Pathways to Maternal, Newborn, and Early Childhood Sepsis Initiative model [17]; RISC, Respiratory Index of Severity in Children [18].
Fig 2.
Screenshots of the mobile triage application.
(A) shows the danger signs, (B) shows the list of symptoms, and (C) shows the final triage category.
Fig 3.
Patient prioritizations as warning symbols in the first column, time elapsed since patient arrival in the second column, current patient location in the third column, and other summary information in the remaining columns were shown. Full triage details were available on a separate page by clicking the patient’s row.
Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
Table 2.
Triage categorization and intravenous antibiotic outcomes.
Fig 4.
Percentage of children who received intravenous antibiotics for each time bracket, pre- and post-implementation.
Fig 5.
Segmented regression of the time to intravenous antibiotics for all children, overlaid with boxplots of weekly antibiotic wait times.