Visual Display Units: A Doctor’s View

Synopsis: Argues that the demands on the eyesight of a VDU operator are similar to those experienced by a typist. The Civil Service screening programme has covered several thousand operators and disclosed no medical hazard to eyesight. However, a significant proportion of those checked (about 20%), need glasses, or a change of glasses. In most of these cases the glasses (or new glasses) are needed anyway for general use. It is sometimes suggested that those with epilepsy should not work at VDUs. Dr Burgess points out that epilepsy is a common condition and says that many of those who suffer from it use VDUs without difficulty. About 1% of all epileptics have a form of the condition in which an attack may be precipitated by viewing a VDU screen. Such people almost always know of their own condition because they have experienced the same phenomenon due to a domestic TV receiver.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 14 min.
Year of production: 1980
Availability: Sale
Uses: Safety officers; users of visual display units.
Subjects: Health & safety
Keywords: safety measures; visual display units

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Trevor A Scott

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