Diabetes and Commercial Driving (and other Safety Critical Work)
Diabetes and Commercial Driving (and other Safety Critical Work)
Diabetes and Commercial Driving (and other Safety Critical Work)
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<strong>Diabetes</strong> – Medical Criteria<br />
5.1 RELEVANCE TO DRIVING TASK<br />
<strong>Diabetes</strong> may affect a person’s ability to drive due to:<br />
• Loss of concentration or consciousness in a<br />
hypoglycaemic episode, or<br />
end organ effects relevant to driving:<br />
• Vision (fields, acuity)<br />
• Ischaemic heart disease<br />
• Peripheral nerves <strong>and</strong> vasculature of the extremities,<br />
particularly the feet.
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