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Uptick in work-hour violations

Quick View. Dec. 11, 2006.


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More residency programs are cited for work-hour violations, but that could be because officials are looking more closely.

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education officials said reviewers are looking harder than they did when hours were first capped in 2003. The 30-hour call limit garnered the biggest increase in violations, more than doubling between 2003-04 and 2005-06.

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Annual ACGME work-hour data from 2003-06.

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