Your vision is important, and eye strain in the work place can
cause serious damage to your eyes. Here are a few tips to help your
vision and to implement while focusing on your computer screen for
long periods of time:
· Every 20 minutes, take a 20 second break, and look away
20 feet to give your eyes a rest.
· Remember to blink. Contact wearers blink less often
than people without contacts. Blinking is critical to help lubricate
the eyes.
· Keep your computer screen clean. This will help reduce
strain on the eyes and protect your vision.
· Glare from your computer screen can cause unnecessary
strain on the eyes, so use a high quality glare reduction filter
for your screen.
· Reduce glare by proper lighting, cover windows, and
make sure lights are behind or to the side of the screen.
· Even though you may have good vision, set the size of
your font 3 times larger than the normal size. So if you use 12pt,
then enlarge the font to 36pt, to help reduce eye strain while
reading the information on the screen.
· Try to keep the lighting in your office at an even level.
Contrasting light increases eye strain.
· To help vision, the monitor should be 20-30 inches from
you, about arm’s length.
· If you notice the computer is bothering your vision,
have eye exams regularly.
Proper care of your vision is very important and implementing these
tips can save you from unnecessary eye strain.
