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ORR: Managing Rail Staff Fatigue (2024)

Office of Rail and Road guidance on managing rail staff fatigue, published August 2024.

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Fatigue Risk Management in Healthcare

A Clinical Human Factors Group article examining how fatigue is currently managed across healthcare settings and calling for coordinated, system-wide fatigue risk management as used in aviation and rail.

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Healthcare Fatigue Forum

The Healthcare Fatigue Forum brings together experts and interested parties in the field of healthcare fatigue to learn, develop and implement fatigue risk management in health and social care professions.

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Operator risk factors for accidental dural puncture rate in obstetrics (OAA abstract, 2021)

An Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association 2021 abstract finding accidental dural puncture rates were highest during the early-morning circadian nadir (4–6am).

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ANZCA PG43: Guideline on fatigue risk management in anaesthesia practice (2020)

ANZCA professional document PG43 on fatigue risk management in anaesthesia and perioperative medicine practice.

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Is it a space shuttle, a sun bed or a sleeping pod?

Introducing sleeping pods to improve on-call rest facilities at North Bristol NHS Trust (Anaesthesia News, March 2019).

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Safe working hours and fatigue (Australian Anaesthetist, March 2019)

A three-part fatigue feature in Australian Anaesthetist (March 2019), with articles by Suzi Nou, Richard Seglenieks and Jim Bradley.

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BMA Fatigue and Facilities Charter (2018)

A BMA good-practice charter of simple steps to improve rest facilities and reduce fatigue in hospitals.

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BMA & NHS Employers: Good Rostering Guide (2018)

Joint BMA and NHS Employers guidance on good rostering practice to support training and service needs while limiting fatigue.

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BMA: Fatigue and sleep deprivation – the impact of different working patterns on doctors (2018)

A BMA briefing on the risks of fatigue and sleep deprivation arising from different working patterns, and approaches to managing them.

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