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As of June 30th 2011 is now a necessary requirement that all employers have the correct first aid boxes and the correct contents specifically for their business.

FAAMS (First-aid Approvals and Monitoring Section) of the Health and Safety Executive has mandated that all employers must have a First-aid box that complies with the BS 8599 standard. There is a grace period of implementation which lasts 6 months to the 31st of December 2011 after which point the employers are responsible and at risk of litigation, malfeasance and not providing due care to their working staff.

The genesis of this mandate begins when it became clear due to complaints and some poor on-site medical attention, that first-aid boxes are not all the same and having a few plasters and gauze will not be sufficient. It made little sense to have engineering workers having the same medical provisions in their first-aid box, as say office workers. The levels of danger from work based incidents are obviously higher in the engineering arena than an office unless someone goes made with a letter opener or a stapler.

Every employer in the UK is now required by statute to undertake a risk assessment of their working environment to assess the levels of hazard and the number of employers who are exposed to that particular working environment. The risk assessment will determine the size and the content of each first-aid kit.

There will always be special cases and extenuating circumstances that need further assessment, those cases such as remoteness from the emergency services, shift-work and sites with several different locations will require greater numbers of first-aid kits and possibly more content than is typical.

Content List:

First-aid Guidance List

Content list

Medium Dressing (12cm x 12cm) (Sterile)

Large Dressing (18cm x 18cm) (Sterile)

Triangular Bandage (Single Use) (90cm x 127cm)

Safety Pins (Assorted) (Minimum length 2.5cm)

Eye Pad Dressing with Bandage (Sterile)

Wash-proof Assorted Plasters

Moist Cleaning Wipes

Microporous Tape (2.5cm x 5m or 3m for Travel Kit)

Nitrile gloves (1x pair)

Finger Dressing with Adhesive Fixing (3.5cm)

Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation Device with Value

Foil Blanket (130cm x 210cm)

Eye Wash (250ml)

Burn Relief Dressing (10cm x 10cm)

Universal Shears (Suitable for Cutting Clothing)

Conforming Bandage (7.5cm x 4m)

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