Triage applications in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the revisions made to the triage system in Turkey as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fundamental aspects of a triage system are universal, and these will be explored. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed this system to new challenges worldwide, as will be told in the paper. Turkey adopted a national policy which requires further examination, which is the main subject we will cover. The present paper includes the triage system used in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic for performing pre-evaluation of all patients admitted to the emergency department of hospitals related to COVID-19 and for approaching different patient groups that have been diagnosed positive for
COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19, triage, emergency department.
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