Fatigue - Preventing & Managing Work Related Fatigue: Guidelines for the NSW Public Health System

Summary
These Guidelines, which should be read in conjunction with PD2005_409 Workplace Health and Safety: Policy and Better Practice Guide, have been developed to assist employers identify the potential for work related fatigue to become an OHS issue, and to prevent and manage work related fatigue, as they would any other OHS risk. This includes identifying areas at increased risk for work related fatigue, determining whether work related fatigue may already be an OHS issue, and providing guidance on strategies to reduce the likelihood of work related fatigue occurring or minimise its impact where it may occur.

Date of Publication: 06 December 2007

Replaces: N/A
Author Branch: Workplace Relations and Management Branch

This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Affiliated Health Organisations - Non Declared, Affiliated Health Organisations - Declared, Public Health System Support Division, Community Health Centres, Dental Schools and Clinics, NSW Ambulance Service, Public Health Units, Public Hospitals

Audience: All staff, including managers

Distributed to: Public Health System, Community Health Centres , Dental Schools and Clinics, Health Associations Unions, Health Professional Associations and Related Organisations, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health, Public Health Units, Public Hospitals, Tertiary Education Institutes

Review Date: 06 December 2012

File No: 03/3765-4

Status: Active

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