Video Display Terminals: Safe Use Guidelines

Video display terminal (VDT) use is growing in schools, and this requires renewed awareness of their potential for radiation, ergonomic, and stress effects. Electromagnetic radiation from VDTs are generally at safe levels, yet students should not sit closer than 18 inches to the screens or spend mor...

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Published in:The Journal of school health 1998-09, Vol.68 (7), p.307-308
Main Authors: Pealer, L N, Dorman, S M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Terminals
Equipment Safety
Ergonomics
Female
Guidelines
Guidelines as Topic
Health aspects
Human Factors Engineering
Humans
Male
Nursing
Posture
Radiation
Safety and security measures
Schools
Social aspects
Space life sciences
Stress
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
VDTs
Video display terminals
Video equipment
Work Environment
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Summary:Video display terminal (VDT) use is growing in schools, and this requires renewed awareness of their potential for radiation, ergonomic, and stress effects. Electromagnetic radiation from VDTs are generally at safe levels, yet students should not sit closer than 18 inches to the screens or spend more than 20 hours a week at computers. Visual fatigue, especially eye strain, and musculoskeletal complaints can become common if proper measures are not taken. Workers who spend long hours relatively stationary performing repetitive tasks are at risk for higher stress.
ISSN:0022-4391
1746-1561
DOI:10.1111/j.1746-1561.1998.tb00590.x