Disease relevance of Computer Terminals

• Ward-based computer terminals pose a low risk of MRSA cross-infection [1].
• Is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination of ward-based computer terminals a surrogate marker for nosocomial MRSA transmission and handwashing compliance [1]?
• BACKGROUND: Many patients who become myopic or who undergo increases in myopia as adults have concerns about whether the use of video display terminals (VDTs) contributes to these changes in refractive error [2].

High impact information on Computer Terminals

• End-tidal and inspired concentrations of O2, N2, CO2, N2O, and halothane, enflurane, or isoflurane are displayed on a computer terminal screen in each OR with trend plots [3].
• The effects of performing video display terminal (VDT) tasks with a bright display (BD) at night on nocturnal salivary melatonin concentration, rectal temperature, heart rate, and sleepiness were examined [4].
• Pulsed magnetic field from video display terminals enhances teratogenic effects of cytosine arabinoside in mice [5].
• At McGill University, the response of the Faculty of Medicine was the introduction of a Computerized Administrative Monitoring System (CAMS) for interns and residents, which provides immediate access, via a video display terminal, to any applicant's or trainee's information file [6].
• METHODS: In this double-blind parallel arm trial, 50 healthy men and women, ages 18 to 65 years, with symptoms of CVS who use a video display terminal for a minimum of 4 hours per day were randomized to OptiZen (n = 25) or Visine Original (n= 25), 1 to 2 drops b.i.d. for 5 days [7].

Biological context of Computer Terminals

• Whether the mother was employed during the first trimester of pregnancy, and her exposure to anesthetic gases, disinfectants, pecticides, wood preservatives or video display terminals were not factors associated with the risk of ventricular septal defect [8].

Associations of Computer Terminals with chemical compounds

• Anginal pain in users of video display terminals [9]?
• In order to assess the adequacy of equipment in the run-up to the full implementation of the Display Screen Equipment Regulations, several local authorities agreed to take part in a pilot survey of their own video display terminals [10].
• Among the agents implicated are carbonless copy paper, duplicating machines, formaldehyde, video display terminals, and rubber bands [11].

Gene context of Computer Terminals

• Are video display terminals a source of increased PCB concentration in the working atmosphere? One answer [12].
• METHODS: Test images included 90 conventional 4- x 6-inch retinal fundus photographs and the same set of photographs after they had been scanned, digitized, modified in brightness and contrast, and displayed on a video display terminal [13].
• The pack comprised a Smile for Sugar-Free Medicines leaflet used in the north west campaign, abstracts from professional journals illustrating the benefits of sugar-free medicines, local dental health information and computing information which could be used to adapt computer terminals in surgeries to display sugar-free options more prominently [14].
• It has been installed permanently in the vicinity of Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, the first built in mainland China. The system consists of four basic components: environmental radiation monitors; data communication network; a data processing center; and a remote terminal computer situated in Hangzhou [15].
• In March of 1999, we conducted a cross-sectional, web-based survey using a random sample of 2041 undergraduate students attending a large, public university in the Midwest. The sample was recruited via e-mail and students completed the Web survey from their computer terminals [16].

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