OSHA Should Regulate Work Hours For Doctors-in-Training, Groups Tell Labor Department

3 September 2010, 8:28 am

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is tasked with enforcing safety and health legislation, should take doctors-in-training under its purview, consumer and health advocacy groups said today in a petition sent to the agency. Resident physicians work shifts as long as 30 hours as often as three times a week, which can lead to physician fatigue and medical errors ...... Read More »

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