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Posture, lighting, furniture, work organization, and other work conditions and habits may affect the way you feel and how well you work. By adjusting your work environment and personal practices, you may be able to minimize fatigue and discomfort, and reduce the risk of resulting strains that some scientists believe can lead to injury.
Important Choices
Whenever you use a computer, you make choices that can affect your comfort and potentially your safety. This is true whether you use a full-size keyboard and monitor on a desk, a notebook computer, or a wireless keyboard on your lap. In every case, you choose your working posture and your body's position relative to your keyboard, pointing device, monitor, remote control, phone, and any reference books and papers. You may also have some control over lighting and other factors.
Take Action for Safety and Comfort
Many factors in our work environment determine whether we work efficiently and in a manner that promotes good health and safety. By considering, acting on, and periodically reevaluating the recommendations in this Guide, it is possible to create a safer, more comfortable, healthful, and efficient work environment.
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IMPORTANT
Some scientists believe that working intensely, or for a long time in uncomfortable or unnatural positions, may pose risks, such as those mentioned in the Warning. The information included in this Guide is designed to help you work more safely by recommending ways to work more comfortably and effectively.
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Self-check
After reviewing the information in this section, double-check your postures and habits using Your Safety
& Comfort Checklist.
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