SLEEP MANAGEMENT: PERFORMANCE, HEALTH AND SAFETY
Productivity, safety, and health are major concerns for companies attempting to maximize profit and provide safe, healthy work environments. Human performance declines when people receive less than optimal sleep. As performance declines, the risk for accidents and health problems increase. Long hours of work, especially for a week or longer generally lead to increased sleep debt, reduced performance and increased risk of accidents and health problems. Costs increase as performance declines and risks increase. These changes in human factors associated with sleep management can be especially troublesome for companies attempting Six-Sigma quality standards. A web-based tool, SLEEP Model, has been developed that allows people to input sleep time and duration, caffeine and alcohol use, and age to evaluate performance and various risk factors, including increased accident and health risks. The presentation will demo SLEEP Model and will illustrate the numeric value of wise sleep management.