Track, trigger and teamwork: communication of deterioration in acute medical and surgical wards.
Donohue LA, Endacott R. Track, trigger and teamwork: communication of deterioration in acute medical and surgical wards. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2010;26(1):10-7. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2009.10.006.
This qualitative study found that nurses relied on their clinical judgment, rather than formal track and trigger systems, to determine when a patient required urgent assistance.