ICU shift related effects on sleep, fatigue and alertness levels - Bihari S, Venkatapathy A, Prakash S, Everest E, McEvoy R D, Bersten A.

BACKGROUND: Shift work may lead to suboptimal sleep resulting in impaired alertness, and lowered performance levels, all of which can lead to medical errors. AIMS: To examine fatigue, sleepiness and behavioural alertness prospectively in a tertiary level A...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news