Human Resources

Occupational Health Service

In order to comply with Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 as amended 2002, the University of Portsmouth provides employees with an eye care service and Display Screen Equipment online training and risk assessment.

Please review the webpages to find out more and contact the Health and Safety Office if you have any queries or require any further information.

The Health and Safety Executive provide further information about the Display Screen Equipment regulations - http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/index.htm

General advice on eye care can be found at the Eyecare Trust Website.

Please click on the links below for advice and guidance on using Display Screen Equipment:

Eyecare information [Acrobat (.pdf) - 114kb Tue, 15 May 2012 11:04:00 BST]

Advice for using DSE [Acrobat (.pdf) - 537kb Tue, 15 May 2012 11:06:00 BST]

Exercises for office workers [Acrobat (.pdf) - 33.9kb Tue, 15 May 2012 11:08:00 BST]

Health tips for computer users [Acrobat (.pdf) - 116kb Tue, 15 May 2012 11:09:00 BST]

Microbreaks and Task Changes [Acrobat (.pdf) - 94.9kb Tue, 15 May 2012 11:11:00 BST]

Using a Mouse [Acrobat (.pdf) - 52.2kb Tue, 15 May 2012 11:13:00 BST]

Hot Desking Guidelines [Acrobat (.pdf) - 38.9kb Wed, 23 May 2012 10:19:00 BST]