| Document ID (ISN) | 103433 |
| CIS number |
04-479 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-644-45167-X |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
NOHSC: 3005 (1996)
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| Author(s) |
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Worksafe Australia) |
| Title |
Guidance note for the prevention of occupational overuse syndrome in keyboard employment |
| Bibliographic information |
Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, 2003. vii, 94p. 120 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.ascc.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/0DAC569C-47D0-4753-A923-6AE328F0E8BE/0/OOSKeyboardEmployment.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
Contents of this guidance document: introduction (description of occupational overuse syndrome, overview of strategies); strategy for prevention; strategies for case management. In appendices: human factors in computer-aided design and in counter operation; telephone operations and keyboard work; glossary. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Australia; computer terminals; overstrain; man-computer interfaces; keyboard operations |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
safety guides; musculoskeletal diseases |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | Australia |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Mental stress and burnout
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