First-aid containers

There is no mandatory list of items for a first-aid container. However, the HSE recommends that, where there is no special risk, a minimum provision of first-aid contents would be:

A leaflet giving general advice on first aid
Twenty individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings (assorted sizes)
Two sterile eye pads
Four individually wrapped triangular bandages
Six safety pins
Six medium-sized (12cm x 12cm) individually wrapped sterile unmedicated wound dressings
One pair of disposable gloves

Equivalent or additional items are acceptable.

Source: Guidance on First Aid for Schools: A Good Practice Guide, Department for Education and Employment, 1996.

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