With screen and keyboard enhance workplace ergonomics?
Ergonomics at the workplace is for more and more employers an important issue. So that employees really engaged and productive work, they have to feel comfortable at work physically and mentally.
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This may not only make the right furniture and the right lighting: In the area of technology can improve the ergonomics in the workplace.
The computer at work is here to stay
The computer is nowadays a natural tool in the workplace. Without it could not be accomplished the most mundane tasks such as text-writing, sending e-mails or the digitization of important documents. Office workers especially typically spend their entire working day at the computer. For this reason it is important for employers, essential to ensure that the technical equipment in the office provide a healthy work. But what it really comes down with screens, keyboards and Co.?
Particular requirements for the monitor, keyboard and mouse
Especially the display in the workplace must be many different requirements. As for the size, it is important to use any screens that measure less than 15 inches. In general, the size of the monitor is determined by the resulting object to be processed with him: If written texts, a 17-inch screen is appropriate. However, it is a question of creating images and graphics, the monitor should be at least 19 inches tall. Also on the position of the screen is the key: The monitor should be rotated and tilted so that it can be optimally adjusted to the eye level of the workers.
The keyboard and the mouse of the computer should allow for ergonomic working. In order to ensure comfortable and healthy work should be the keyboard with one hand support surface equipped and is adjustable in its height. The shape of the mouse, however, should correspond to the anatomy of the hand and not larger than a curved hand be.
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