Sleep & Fatigue

Provide educational materials that address sleep habits and treatment of common sleep disorders.

SOURCES

Sleep Deprivation and Deficiency (National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute) Sleep Handout (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) Healthy Sleep Tips (National Sleep Foundation) More Than a Snore (TakeCharge)

Provide training for managers to improve their understanding of the safety and health risks associated with poor sleep and their skills for organizing work to reduce the risk of employee fatigue.

Offer light-design solutions during shifts that intended to reduce fatigue during work hours.

Offer solutions to discourage and prevent drowsy driving.

SOURCES

Drowsy Driving Resources (National Sleep Foundation)

Have and promote a written policy related to the design of work schedules that aims to reduce employee fatigue.

SOURCES

Make Changes at Work (Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School)

Provide access to a self-assessment of sleep health followed by directed feedback and clinical referral, when appropriate.

SOURCES

Sleep Self Assessment (Health.mil) Sample Sleep Log (National Sleep Foundation)

Provide and promote interactive educational programming that addresses sleep habits and treatment of common sleep disorders.