Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.31306/s.64.2.5
Influence of shift work on the safety of work activity of medical staff
Sarajko Baksa
; Međimursko veleučilište u Čakovcu, Čekovec, Hrvatska
Tajana Rogina
; AURA FIT, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Ines Baksa
; SABALab, Laboratory for Digital Art & Science, Čakovec, Hrvatska
Korina Kanižaj
; Sveučilište sjever, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Pattern of sleep and wakefulness, the so-called circadian rhythm, is aligned with the natural rhythm of the external environment, based on the 24-hour biological pattern. Discrepancy towards natural biological rhythm results primarily in insomnia, fatigue and, above all, a visible deterioration in safety and performance of everyday daily and business tasks. The humanoid and correct sleep and wakefulness rhythm is conditioned by exposure to the solar cycle of 24 hours and normally ensures the peak of work activity during the day or sleep cycle during the night and is generated by endogenous neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus within the anterior hypothalamus. As the conducted research shows, shift work of medical staff is an example of a phase deviation from the normal biological rhythm in a human being and has been found to significantly affect occupational physiology, performance and safety of work activity, and to a significant extent it can also take on chronic health pathological features. Desynchronization in the rhythm of sleep and wakefulness in relation to the solar day results in periodic insomnia and daily fatigue at a time when the phase of wakefulness and maximum performance should be at its peak, which can cause not only reduced work performance, but can also result in extremely harmful, and considering the type of workplace, possible catastrophic outcomes in case of errors during work activities, conditioned by neurological dysfunctions of employees who perform their work in a shift mode.
Ključne riječi
shift work, human solar biorhythm, occupational safety
Hrčak ID:
280057
URI
Datum izdavanja:
6.7.2022.
Posjeta: 861 *