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Shift work, safety and productivity

Folkard, S.·2003·Occupational Medicine
DOI 10.1093/occmed/kqg047
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The arguments in favour of introducing shift work clearly depend on productivity and safety being maintained at an acceptable level. However, the evidence reviewed in this paper clearly indicates that both productivity and safety may be compromised at night. More specifically, safety declines over successive night shifts, with increasing hours on duty and between successive rest breaks. The only known way to minimize these problems is to improve shift systems with respect to these factors. However, these factors need to be considered in combination with one another since, for example, a long night shift that includes frequent rest breaks might well prove safer than a shorter night shift with less frequent breaks.

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Authors
Folkard, S.
Venue
Occupational Medicine
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2003-03-01
Volume
53
Issue
2
Pages
95-101
ISSN
  • 0962-7480 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-8405
DOI
10.1093/occmed/kqg047
OpenAlex
W2137422396
Cited by
769
References
24
FWCI
19.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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