Sleep Deprivation and Its Effects on Employee Safety [411] | ||||||||||||||||||
Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Speakers: Samit Malhotra, Associate Director of Research, Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute Track: Health and Wellness Session Type: Educational Session Skill Level: Basic Description: Healthy sleep is essential to feeling good, performing well and staying healthy. Sleep deprivation can lead to serious safety and health risks, as well as diminished productivity. Employees, safety managers, occupational health and human resource professionals can all benefit from this session. The presenter provides a better understanding of the effects of inadequate sleep hygiene, poor quality sleep and untreated sleep disorders and their connection to work-related accidents. Learning Objectives: 1. Define the work-related risks associated with inadequate sleep; 2. Describe how sleep deprivation or poor quality sleep contribute to short and long term physical and mental impairment; and 3. Identify strategies to cope with inadequate sleep.
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