Observational study of the third delay in emergency obstetric triage at the referral national hospital in Tanzania: Baseline survey

The obstetric triage process requires additional training for triaging time-sensitive obstetric complications; the wide IQR of waiting time indicated management misalignments thus causing the third delay. The clinical priority of obstetric patients with leading risk factors for morbidity and mortality, such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and hemorrhage, needs to be approached within a continuum of care.