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Posted By oneill
Hi All
Quick question. Are people who wear glasses all the time still required to get a VDU eye test???? Is there any point to it???
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Posted By peter gotch
Hi ONeill
Entitlement rather than required to.
Most of the use of our eyes is for short or longer distances, not the intermediate that is typical of VDU use.
Means that for some specs users their usual glasses not suitable for VDU work.
One optician doing presentation to IOSH West of Scotland Branch estimated that in total about 10% of VDU users need specs specifically for this work. Of these roughly half and half do or don't need specs for other reasons.
Regards, Peter
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Posted By holmezy
Any "habitual and significant" DSE user is entitled to ask for aa eyetest. The hard part is deciding who is habitual and significant.
In the process of sorting an eyecare scheme for my lot at present with a well known opticians chain.
Incidentally, I thought the figure who actually require specs for DSE use is less than 5%, but might be wrong.
Holmezy
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Posted By Peter Leese
Interesting facts Peter. My own intuitive feel (based on literally hundreds of DSE assessments but without thoroughly checking the figures so scientifically flawed) is that less than 1% need glasses purely for DSE/VDU work.
To me the requirement for employers to provide spectacles is misplaced legislation, similar to the mobile phone fiasco ie a complete waste of time and effort.
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