| Document ID (ISN) | 100625 |
| CIS number |
02-1579 |
| ISBN(s) |
84-7425-634-8 |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sanz Merino J.A. |
| Title |
Basic guide for workers using visual display units for data |
| Original title |
Instrucción básica para el trabajador usuario de pantallas de visualización de datos [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, c/Torrelaguna 73, 28027 Madrid, Spain, 2002. 39p. Illus. Price: EUR 3.31. |
| Abstract |
This guide is aimed at persons working at screens and presents the main hazards related to this type of work together with the corresponding ergonomic preventive measures. Topics covered: vision problems and visual fatigue; musculoskeletal disorders; mental fatigue; radiation emitted by screens; screen filters; regulations applicable to work at screens; legal provisions applicable to users of screens; questionnaire aimed at checking the ergonomics of workplaces involving work at screens; test for evaluating the knowledge acquired from reading the guide. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Spain; training material; office work; visual display terminals |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ionizing radiation; workplace design; glare; work posture; training manuals; contrast |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Lighting, colour and vision
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
New technologies
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
OSH training
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