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BOOK/REPORT

Safe Handover: Safe Patients.

Kingston, ACT, Australia: Australian Medical Association; 2006.

STUDY

Cost implications of reduced work hours and workloads for resident physicians.

Nuckols TK, Bhattacharya J, Miller Wolman D, Ulmer C, Escarce JJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:2202-2215.

COMMENTARY

Building physician work hour regulations from first principles and best evidence.

Volpp KG, Landrigan CP. JAMA. 2008;300:1197-1199.

STUDY

Predicting future staffing needs at teaching hospitals: use of an analytical program with multiple variables.

Mitchell CC, Ashley SW, Zinner MJ, Moore FD. Arch Surg. 2007;142:329-334.

STUDY

Consequences of running more operating theatres than anaesthetists to staff them: a stochastic simulation study.

Paoletti X, Marty J. Br J Anaesth. 2007;98:462-469.

COMMENTARY

A morning briefing: setting the stage for a clinically and operationally good day.

Thompson D, Holzmueller C, Hunt D, Cafeo C, Sexton B, Pronovost PJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:476-479.

COMMENTARY

Like night and day — shedding light on off-hours care.

Shulkin DJ. N Engl J Med. 2008;358:2091-2093.

STUDY

Differences in day and night shift clinical performance in anesthesiology.

Cao CGL, Weinger MB, Slagle J, et al. Hum Factors. 2008;50:276-290.

STUDY

Effective implementation of work-hour limits and systemic improvements.

Landrigan CP, Czeisler CA, Barger LK, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(suppl 1):19-29.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety.

Ulmer C, Wolman DM, Johns MME, eds. Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780309127721.

STUDY

Mortality among patients admitted to hospitals on weekends as compared with weekdays.

Bell CM, Redelmeier DA. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:663-668.

COMMENTARY

Sleep deprivation, elective surgical procedures, and informed consent.

Nurok M, Czeisler CA, Lehmann LS. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2577-2579.

STUDY

Effects of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety.

Landrigan CP, Fahrenkopf AM, Lewin D, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:250-258.

STUDY

The nurse's medication day.

Jennings BM, Sandelowski M, Mark B. Qual Health Res. 2011;21:1441-1451.

STUDY

Hospital workload and adverse events.

Weissman JS, Rothschild JM, Bendavid E, et al. Med Care. 2007;45:448-455.

STUDY

Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions.

Payette M, Chatterjee A, Weeks WB. Am J Surg. 2009:197:820-825.

COMMENTARY

An Outpatient “Zebra”

Berkowitz L. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2006.

COMMENTARY

Limiting nurse overtime, and promoting other good working conditions, influences patient safety.

Collins Sharp BA, Clancy CM. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008;23:97-100.

REVIEW

Effects of shift length on quality of patient care and health provider outcomes: systematic review.

Estabrooks CA, Cummings GG, Olivo SA, Squires JE, Giblin C, Simpson N. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:181-188.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

IOM: shorten residents' work shifts to reduce fatigue, improve patient safety.

Kuehn BM. JAMA. 2009;301:259-261.

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