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Occupational Medicine 1994;44:253-256
© 1994 Society of Occupational Medicine

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Proposed protocol for a multi-centre study to compare clinical and trade tests of colour vision in firefighters

H. Rees

Occupational Health Department, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff, UK

Fire-brigade recruits in the UK have their colour vision screened using the Ishihara test. This is unsatisfactory because it rejects subjects with minor deficiencies in colour vision and does not test for blue defects. The Home Office is currently reviewing its recommendations on visual standards. This paper summarizes defects in colour vision, discusses alternative clinical and trade tests for the fire-brigade, and proposes a multi-centre study to collect data on the performance of fire-brigade recruits in clinical and trade tests.

Correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Huw Rees, Occupational Health Department, Denbigh House, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF4 4XW, UK


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