| Document ID (ISN) | 61828 |
| CIS number |
94-603 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-477-03429-2 |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Approved Code of Practice for the safe use of visual display units |
| Bibliographic information |
Occupational Safety and Health Service, Department of Labour, P.O. Box 3705, Wellington, New Zealand, Oct. 1993. 39p. Illus. 26 ref. Price: NZD 10.00. |
| Abstract |
This Code sets minimum standards for employers and employees who install and use visual display units; the requirements of the Code also apply to manufacturers and suppliers of this equipment. Contents: technical information (definitions of technical terms, image formation and legibility of the display); specific problems associated with the use of VDUs (visual and postural fatigue, occupational overuse syndrome, photogenic epilepsy, radiation, facial dermatitis, stress, pregnancy and VDU work, remedies); provisions for design and operation of the screen, keyboard and workstation; provisions for the working environment; prevention of occupational overuse syndrome; work organization. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
New Zealand; health hazards; visual display terminals |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
air temperature; visual displays; work organization; workplace design; epilepsy; work posture; glare; visual fatigue; artificial lighting; mental stress; design of equipment; repetitive strain injury; directive; dermatitis |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | New Zealand |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
New technologies
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Office work
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