Email Updates
Commentary
ACOG Committee Opinion #730: fatigue and patient safety.
February 14, 2018
ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2018;131(2):e78-e81.
This commentary discusses how sleep deprivation affects patient safety and provides recommendations to address health care worker fatigue. Strategies include training to help clinicians recognize fatigue-related cognitive and performance decline, adjusting schedules to minimize work demands, and designing standard practices to reduce the potential for fatigue-related error.
