First-year residents may soon geta reprieve from grueling hospital shifts that last more than 24 hours, but that is not enough to prevent an alarming number of medical errors, according toa report released on Friday.
Starting July 1, new rules will require first-year residents to work shifts no longer than 16 straight hours. But that will not spare more experienced residents from working as long as 28 hours ata stretch.
A group of 26 doctors and patient safety experts are calling for limiting all resident physician work to shifts of 12 to 16 hours. Their report was published on Friday in the journal Nature& Science of Sleep journal.
"What started asa good system has evolved intoa system where the residents are extremely ...
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Starting July 1, new rules will require first-year residents to work shifts no longer than 16 straight hours. But that will not spare more experienced residents from working as long as 28 hours ata stretch.
A group of 26 doctors and patient safety experts are calling for limiting all resident physician work to shifts of 12 to 16 hours. Their report was published on Friday in the journal Nature& Science of Sleep journal.
"What started asa good system has evolved intoa system where the residents are extremely ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/doctors-hours-shorter_n_883831.html
Shared via News360 for Windows Phone 7. Learn more at http://news360app.com.
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