Businger, Adrian P; Laffer, Urban; Kaderli, Reto (2012). Resident work hour restrictions do not improve patient safety in surgery: a critical appraisal based on 7 years of experience in Switzerland. Patient safety in surgery, 6(1), p. 17. London: BioMed Central 10.1186/1754-9493-6-17
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In 2005 the Swiss government implemented new work-hour limitations for all residency programs in Switzerland, including a 50-hour weekly limit. The reduction in the working hours of doctors in training implicate an increase in their rest time and suggest an amelioration of doctors' clinical performance and consequently in patients' outcomes and safety - which was not detectable in a preliminary study at a large referral center in Switzerland. It remains elusive why work-hour restrictions did not improve patient safety. We are well advised to thoroughly examine and eliminate the known adverse effects of reduced work-hours to improve our patients' safety.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Visceral Surgery |
UniBE Contributor: |
Businger, Adrian |
ISSN: |
1754-9493 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:40 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:12 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/1754-9493-6-17 |
PubMed ID: |
22818185 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.16371 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/16371 (FactScience: 223997) |
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