HSE Recognised First Aid Courses in the East Midlands
First Aid Box
There is no standard list of items which must be kept in a first-aid box at work. It depends on what the assessed needs are.
However as a guide, the HSE recommend where there is no special risk in the workplace, a minimum stock of first-aid items to be readily available and replenished would be:
 A leaflet giving general guidance on first aid
20 individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings
(assorted sizes)
Two sterile eye pads
Four individually wrapped triangular bandages (preferably sterile)
Six safety pins
Six medium-sized (approximately 12 cm x 12 cm) individually
wrapped sterile unmedicated wound dressings
Two large (approximately 18 cm x 18 cm) sterile individually
wrapped unmedicated wound dressings
One pair of disposable gloves
Tablets or medicines should not be kept in the first-aid box.
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