Maintaining safety and high performance on shiftwork.

This review of the shiftwork area focuses on aspects of safety and productivity. It discusses the situations in which shiftworker performance is critical, the types of problem that can develop and the reasons why shiftworker performance can be impaired. The review ends with a discnssion of the various advantages and disadvantages of several shift rotation systems, and of other possible solutions to the problem.

[1]  T. Monk,et al.  Shiftwork and Performance , 1979 .

[2]  P Knauth,et al.  Experimental shift work studies of permanent night, and rapidly rotating, shift systems , 1976, International archives of occupational and environmental health.

[3]  J. Lauber,et al.  Sleepiness, circadian dysrhythmia, and fatigue in transportation system accidents. , 1988, Sleep.

[4]  K Kogi,et al.  Trends in approaches to night and shiftwork and new international standards. , 1993, Ergonomics.

[5]  W D Chiles,et al.  Work Schedules and Performance During Confinement1 , 1968, Human factors.

[6]  D. Dinges,et al.  Catastrophes, sleep, and public policy: consensus report. , 1988, Sleep.

[7]  J. H. van Loon.  DIURNAL BODY TEMPERATURE CURVES IN SHIFT WORKERS , 1963 .

[8]  T. Monk,et al.  Hours of work : temporal factors in work scheduling , 1985 .

[9]  T. Monk.  Sleep, sleepiness, and performance , 1991 .

[10]  T. Monk,et al.  Short and long-term adjustment of circadian rhythms in 'permanent' night nurses. , 1978, Ergonomics.

[11]  R. Kronauer,et al.  Exposure to bright light and darkness to treat physiologic maladaptation to night work. , 1990, The New England journal of medicine.

[12]  P Knauth,et al.  Memory based performance measures in studies of shiftwork. , 1978, Ergonomics.

[13]  J. Barton,et al.  Choosing to work at night: a moderating influence on individual tolerance to shift work. , 1994, The Journal of applied psychology.

[14]  Gavriel Salvendy,et al.  Handbook of human factors. , 1987 .

[15]  Timothy H. Monk.  Advantages and Disadvantages of Rapidly Rotating Shift Schedules—A Circadian Viewpoint , 1986 .

[16]  A J Tilley,et al.  The Sleep and Performance of Shift Workers , 1982, Human factors.

[17]  T H Monk,et al.  A comparison of rotating-shift and permanent night nurses. , 1990, International journal of nursing studies.

[18]  Timothy H. Monk,et al.  Coping with the stress of shift work , 1988 .

[19]  Charles A. Czeisler,et al.  Research on sleep, circadian rhythms and aging: Applications to manned spaceflight , 1991, Experimental Gerontology.

[20]  C A Czeisler,et al.  Impaired driving performance in shiftworkers: the role of the circadian system in a multifactorial model. , 1990, Alcohol, drugs, and driving : abstracts and reviews.

[21]  P Knauth,et al.  The design of shift systems. , 1993, Ergonomics.

[22]  Timothy H. Monk,et al.  Social Factors Can Outweigh Biological Ones in Determining Night Shift Safety , 1989 .