Queensland Health: Fatigue risk management systems

Summary

This guideline has been developed to support all Australia's Queensland Health workplaces to identify and manage fatigue risks. It draws on lessons learnt from over a decade of implementing fatigue risk management systems (FRMSs) in Queensland Hospital and Health Services (HHSs) and from proven approaches to safety risk management.

Content

Principles for managing fatigue:

• A shared approach between the organisation and workers.
• A sound risk management approach through the application of the Defences in Depth model for fatigue risk management.
• A systemic approach that is incorporated into core business operations.
• An aware and informed workforce approach.
• An integrated approach that achieves consistency with existing health, safety and wellbeing management systems.