Since VDT work is very visual in nature, the Occupational Health C linic will screen your visual abilities when you start using the VDT and every 3 years thereafter. If you meet all the screening criteria but continue to have vision complaints, an examination by your eye care professional is suggested. If you need bifocals, trifocals or reading glasses, working at a VDT may require special purpose glasses because VDT working distances may not be the same as the working distance for conventional reading or other visual activities. Only a professional eye examination can determine this. Be sure to take the measurements mentioned in question 3 with you when you go to the eye doctor.
Pauses help relieve or prevent eye complaints.
This does not mean that you need to stop work altogether. It may be helpful to occasionally look up from the screen or keyboard. Try to look at an object that is 10 or more feet away. This will relax the focusing and coverging muscles of the eye. Q. I see reflections in the VDT screen that occasionally make viewing the words on the screen difficult.