‘If your company employs five or more employees, it must meet the minimum first aid requirements,’ warns Richard Swift in the Health and Safety Advisor. Having one first aid kit in your office could mean the difference between a minor injury and a costly disabling injury or even death. Here are the 18 items your office’s first aid box must contain to ensure you’re complying with health and safety standards.
‘It’s one of life’s oddities – everybody knows the importance of having a well-stocked first aid kit, but even though we know it, many of us still neglect our first aid boxes, only to remember we used the last plaster or sterile dressing when we are stood over the near-empty box dripping blood on the carpet,’ writes the Health and Safety Executive website.
This is especially true of office first aid kits, which fall under the care of your company’s health and safety representative.
To protect your company from a costly health and safety lawsuit, your HSE Rep must check your company’s first aid kits at least once a month to ensure they’re always adequately stocked and ready for you in an emergency.
To do that, you’re HSE rep needs to know what your first aid kit must contain.
Make sure your office first aid box contains the following 18 items
| Item | Quantity |
| Wound cleaner / antiseptic | 100ml |
| Swabs for cleaning wounds How many? | 1 packet |
| Cotton wool for padding | 100g |
| Sterile gauze | Minimum of 10 |
| Forceps to remove splinters | 1 pair |
| 100mm scissors | 1 pair |
| Safety pins | 1 set |
| Triangular bandages | 2 |
| Roller bandages (75mm x 5m) | 2 |
| Roller bandages (100mm x 5m) | 2 |
| Elastic adhesive (25mm x 3m) | 1 roll |
| Non-allergic adhesive strip (25mm x 3m) | 1 roll |
| Adhesive dressing strip | Minimum of 10 assorted sizes |
| First aid dressing (75mm x 100mm) | 2 |
| First aid dressing (150mm x 200mm) | 2 |
| Straight splints | 2 |
| Disposable gloves | 1 pair of large and a 1 pair of medium gloves |
| CPR mouthpiece | 1 |
Make sure your company’s first aid box contains these items and that at least one of your employees is trained in first aid to ensure you’re complying with the general safety regulations stipulated in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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