ACOG Committee Opinion #730: fatigue and patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

ACOG Committee Opinion #730: fatigue and patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Organizational Policy/Guidelines
 
• Published February 2018

ACOG Committee Opinion #730: fatigue and patient safety.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2018;131: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.

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