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ACOG committee opinion number 398, February 2008: fatigue and patient safety.

It has long been recognized that fatigue can affect human cognitive and physical function. Although there are limited published data on the effects of fatigue on health care providers, including full-time practicing physicians, there is increasing awareness within the patient safety movement that fatigue, even partial sleep deprivation, impairs performance. Most of the current literature reviews resident function after recent work reform changes. However, the information available from many studies in health care and other occupations can be applied to the work habits of practicing obstetrician-gynecologists.

Published 1 February 2008 in Obstet Gynecol, 111(2): 471-4.
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