The impact of housestaff fatigue on occupational and patient safety

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Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-209

  Mountain, Scot A ^a   Quon, Bradley S ^a   Dodek, Peter ^a,b,c   Sharpe, Robert ^b   Ayas, Najib T ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Critical Care Medicine   (Canada)

^c Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences   (Canada)

^d Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre Vancouver Coastal Health   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Fatigue; Graduate; Medical; Medical error; Resident work hours; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTAMINATION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEARNING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COGNITION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 34547093609     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-007-9010-5     Document Type: Article

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