Key Features of the Community Triage Tool

The principles of the Manchester Triage System are still followed in the Community Triage Tool, with the use of the reductive methodology. However, rather than choosing between 53 MTS presentation charts, the Community Triage Triage tool has just one chart.

The MTS discriminators (symptoms) have been amended into question prompts to enable non-clinical staff to use the tool safely. 

Using the CoTT does not require a clinical decision to be made, rather it asks the person carrying out the assessment to make their way through a checklist of presenting symptoms and, should the person have any of the symptoms on the list, this is the priority that would be used. 

Once the priority has been reached, the user may then decide on the appropriate outcome for a clinical assessment to take place. 

Outcomes can be tailored to the availability of services in your area and should be made aware that the CoTT tool is being used so that they can understand the process.