Ricky Riyanto Iksan Pengarang Salamah Thomasita Batubara Pengarang Ismawati Pengarang Ardin S. Hentu Pengarang Wahyu Sulfian Pengarang Katrina Febby Lestari Pengarang

Abstrak Nurses' lack of understanding about triage management causes the transmission and spread of COVID-19 infection to health workers and patients because the implementation of triage is not in accordance with the COVID-19 health protocol. This study aims to evaluate the implementation of triage for post-COVID-19 emergency services in the city of Palu, Indonesia. This study used a quantitative research method with a cross-sectional research design, the sample in this study were ER and community nurses who are members of the COVID-19 task force in the Palu City area of 30 participants with a sampling technique using purposive sampling, and respondents were given a measuring instrument containing a questionnaire containing regarding the standard management of triage COVID-19. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using a correlation test. The results showed that the evaluation of the implementation of COVID-19 triage in post-COVID-19 pandemic nursing health workers in Palu City, Indonesia, was in the good category based on the Spearman rho correlation value of 0.683. The implementation of triage in this study was influenced by the experience and tenure of nurses, with a length of service of more than 10 years. Classification and labeling of triage based on clinical signs and symptoms of COVID-19 patients (86.7%) using the Emergency Medical Services system (83.3%) and (40%) of respondents did not know alternative triage areas during the spike in cases of COVID-19. Implementation of COVID-19 triage as a basis for patient management in order to suppress the spread of infection after the COVID-19 pandemic