Interns' Work Hours

To the Editor: Landrigan et al. (Oct. 28 issue)¹ show that reducing interns' work hours in the intensive care unit (ICU) decreased serious medical errors, probably prompting widespread reevaluation of traditional ICU on-call schedules. No one would argue that limiting work hours is not a vitally important topic. However, having experienced the intervention schedule firsthand as intern subjects in the study, we have serious concerns about the authors' conclusions.Residents in the study worked traditional every-three-day on-call schedules and routinely worked extra hours to cover for the interns. Worried residents and attending physicians, aware that the interns on the intervention . . .