Effects of health care provider work hours and sleep deprivation on safety and performance

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 7-18

  Lockley, Steven W ^a,b   Barger, Laura K ^a,b   Ayas, Najib T ^c   Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^b   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COGNITION; FATIGUE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 36649031201     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33109-7     Document Type: Article

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