triage

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.16169
  1. Process for sorting people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment.
    Note: Triage is used in hospital emergency rooms, on battlefields, and at disaster sites when limited medical resources must be allocated.
  2. System used to allocate a scarce commodity, such as food, to those most likely to benefit from it.
  3. Process in which things are ranked in terms of importance or priority.
Source:
PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. (Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)) on page 1329 [Terms] [Paper]