Medical professionals beware – studies of surgical and medical personnel who remain awake all night demonstrated up to 20% more errors and took 14% longer to complete tasks than someone who has had a full night’s sleep.
Twenty-four hour work shifts are commonplace in the medical profession and some fairly significant procedural errors have occurred as a result. Doctors operating on the wrong site, anesthesiologists falling asleep with a patient on the operating table, nurses administering the wrong medication – all because they are fatigued.
Safety Biometrics offers real-time fatigue monitoring and alerting to medical professionals wanting to improve the odds when dealing with fatigue and drowsiness. Contact us today to see how we can help.
Substance abuse among nurses, doctors and other health care workers is a common problem. While statistics show that their rate of addiction doesn’t necessarily outpace that of the general population, the fact that they have specific knowledge in their field would suggest the opposite. In addition to knowledge, though, many health care workers have access to drugs and lead high-stress lives. It is not surprising that access and stress are strong factors in developing drug addictions. Help prevent substance abuse and keep your medical staff compliant and safe.