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The American Journal of Medicine: 3 Safety Benefits of a 16-hour Limit on Consecutive Hours for First-year Resident Physicians
Submitted by Charlene Ice on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 12:35
- The risk of motor vehicle crashes decreased 24%
- Percutaneous injury risk decreased by more than 40%
- Errors due to attention failure were reduced 18%
Notes: From an article entitle, "The association between resident physician work hour regulations and physician safety and health," by Matthew D. Weaver, Ph.D.; Christopher P. Landrigan, M.D., M.P.H.; Jason P. Sullivan, B.S.; Conor S. O'Brien, B.A.; Salim Qadri, B.S.; Natalie Viyaran, B.S.; Wei Wang, Ph.D.; CĂ©line Vetter, Ph.D.; Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D.; and Laura K. Barger, Ph.D.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine, February 13, 2020
Source URL: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(20)30116-9/fulltex...
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