https://fuckingtoldyou.com/

Apparently it’s about reducing shift changes, which is when most mistakes happen. You would have to hope that someone has done research into mistakes caused by fatigue vs. mistakes caused by shift changes.

Someone told me that the reason for 12 hour shifts is that most medical mistakes and accidents happen because of shift changes. Reducing the number of shift changes from 3 to 2 results in fewer mistakes, despite longer working hours.

Ć̶̨̢̧̨̬͍̩̳̦̭̯̘̟̥̭͈̫͈̝̹͙͂͂̽̍̄͆̿̿̀̈̋̓̊̑͊̏͐̿͝͝͝ͅ ̵̨͚̲̯͎̲̻̦̹͚͖̻͗ͅÒ̷̧̰̙̗̭̳̤̲͖̼̬̦͇̊̑͒̋̉̂̈́͜ ̶̨̡̢̹̺͙̠̭̻̩̻̦̲̱̹̜̽̏̈́̄̓̀͊̓̐͒͋̎͝ͅͅN̸̡̨̫͎̤͕͇͓̳̩͍͉͔̙̍̌ͅ ̵̢̳̹̲͕̫̮͙̇͊̐̓̎̿̎̚S̷̨̻̥̯̳̜̞͍͇̥͙͈̯̳̽́̆̈́̽̓̍͌͗̅̽̕͜͝ ̵̢̞͎̝͎̯̤̪͎̞̜̣̭̰̥̞̲͇̊̽̽̋̄̋͘̚͜U̷̢̧̖͓͎̣̰̖̟͍̗̼̭̞̳̣̠͖͈̎͗̒̈̂̍̀͌́̈́̌͛̿̊͜͠ ̵́̄͛̏̏̀͆͐̊̓̈̇̀̈́͌̔̽̾̾͋̓͝͝ͅM̴̢̛̹̙̳̰̩͙̙̦̤̞̦͙̞̦̗̈́̊̌́́̾̅̑͑͋̃͌͆͂̉̍͋͠͠ ̶̨̛̜̭̟̩̝͐̈́̓̄̂͋̓͒̄̽͑͛̑͠Ę̵̢̛͔̦̹͕̬̲̙̼̲͖̣̥͎̆͗͐̚͜ͅͅ

This feels like it should be illegal in the EU.