Health and safety
Advice for PC users:
- Ensure you use a chair which has a height and back adjuster and that the chair is correctly adjusted.
- Ensure that your computer screen is free of dust and marks. Screen wipes are available from the Information Desk in the library. Adjust the screen so that it is free from reflective glare.
- Do a different activity for 5-10 minutes every hour, focus on different distances e.g. look out of the window.
- Do not use continuously for more than 90 minutes without a break.
Advice for prolonged laptop use:
- Vary your position on a regular basis and take frequent breaks.
- Try not to sit forward in a hunched up position.
- Wherever possible, use your laptop on a desk or table with an adjustable chair.
- Your forearms should be roughly horizontal when your hands are on the keyboard, avoid any awkward bending of the wrists.
- Although laptops come equipped with an integral mouse, for prolonged usage it is best practice to use a separate mouse.
- If the laptop mouse is to be used then it is advisable not to screw up the fingers into a claw position or hold them in the air. Hands should be kept flat and the fingers relaxed.
- The laptop screen should be kept clean at all times and glare and reflections on the screen should be avoided wherever possible.
Portable appliance testing
NTU Health and Safety Regulations state that all electrical equipment must be tested before being plugged into the University power supply. To find out how to get your laptop tested please ask at the Information Desk in the library.
Please avoid trailing cables when you plug your laptop into the University power supply. If you are causing a trip hazard you will be asked to run your laptop from its batteries or relocate to another seat.
