First Aid Kits - what should i have in it?

There is no mandatory list of items to put in a first-aid box. It depends on what you assess your needs to be. As a guide, where work activities involve low hazards, a minimum stock of first-aid items might be:

• a leaflet giving general guidance on first aid
• 20 individually wrapped sterile plasters (assorted sizes), appropriate to the type
• of work (you can provide hypoallergenic plasters, if necessary);
• two sterile eye pads;
• four individually wrapped triangular bandages, preferably sterile;
• six safety pins;
• two large, individually wrapped, sterile, unmedicated wound dressings;
• six medium-sized, individually wrapped, sterile, unmedicated wound dressings;
• a pair of disposable gloves