Interrater Reliability Testing of the Maternal Fetal Triage Index

The interrater reliability of the MFTI met the minimum strength of agreement threshold goal of 0.60 whenused by nurses in a large birth unit to assign priority for evaluation. Based on this finding, the MFTI can be recommendedfor use in obstetric triage settings. Additional testing should be done to measure how this standardized tool improvescare processes and outcomes.