Forward versus backward shift rotation.

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• Personal Author:
  Duchon, J. C. ; Keran, Christopher M. ; Wagner J
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines has been involved in the study of guidelines for the design of shiftwork schedules. One popular suggestion offered by shiftwork researchers and consultants is to establish schedules that rotate in a forward direction (day to afternoon to night) rather than backward (day to night to afternoon). This paper analyzes the two primary premises behind these suggestions. Data on subjective sleep times collected from both forward and backward rotators indicate that forward rotation may not be more beneficial than backward rotation. Although the work start times of a forward schedule parallel the direction for faster biological adjustment, sleep times do not. Also, the between-shift intervals for forward direction shifts are not necessarily more conducive to more flexible shift schedule design, given the sleep behaviors of shiftworkers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007543
• Citation:
  Paper in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting Denver Colorado 1989 Oct; :5 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Paper in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Oct 18, 1989
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/244103/cdc_244103_DS1.pdf
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