If you view the monitor continuously for long hours without taking breaks, your eyes become dry and exhausted easily. You tend to blink less while working for long hours.

Feasible Solutions

• Give rest to your eyes every so often by focusing on objects that are at a considerable distance from your seat like a painting on the wall around 20 feet away.
• Periodically wet your eyes by blinking and looking at distant objects.
• You tend to slow down in your work if you keep working for long hours on the computer. The ideal solution would be to take breaks in between and attend to other non-computer works like filing, making calls, or interacting with your customers. This gives good rest to your eyes.

Ergonomic Monitor: Viewing Clarity

Probable Risks

Do not tilt monitors considerably either toward or away from the operator, as the objects on the screen may appear distorted making them illegible.

And if the monitor is tilted back, there are chances of the overhead lights creating glare on the monitor. You tend to sit in different unhealthy positions to get a better view of the screen hence straining your eyes and the back.

Feasible Solutions

• You can tilt the monitor somewhere between 10 to 20 degrees so that it is perpendicular to your line of sight. For this purpose, it is better to have a riser/swivel stand. If this is not possible, you can tilt the Ergonomic Monitor back slightly by placing a book under the front edge. But to avoid glare in this case, do use a glare screen.
• Ergonomic Monitors support surfaces should be user friendly by allowing the user to modify viewing distances and tilt and rotation angles.

Probable Risks

If the image that you view on the screen is of poor quality, your eyes have to strain more to view it properly. The distorted images may be due to electromagnetic fields caused by other electrical equipment located near computer workstations or due to dust accumulation. This is often accelerated by magnetic fields associated with computer monitors and can reduce contrast and degrade viewing conditions.

Feasible Solutions

• Those equipments with electrostatic potentials more than +/- 500 volts should be kept away from your workstation.
• Ensure that the monitor is dust free while in use.

Ergonomic Monitor Recipe:

1 . Always ensure that the screen is large enough for sufficient visibility. It is acceptable to use a 15 to 20-inch Ergonomic Monitor . If the unit is very small, you will find it difficult to read the characters. If the unit is very large, you may require too much space.

2 . Always ensure that the angle and tilt of the Ergonomic Monitor can be adjusted without much effort.

3 . For workstations with limited space, flat panel displays are preferred as they take less room on the desk.