WorkSafeBC Complete First Aid Room
$2,295.00
A first aid room should be at least 9.3 square metres (100 sq. ft.). It should have the following:
Storage cupboards
A counter
A toilet, or have a toilet facility as near as practicable
The following first aid room equipment:
- 3 Blankets
- 1 refuse pail with lid
- 1 Package of paper towels
- 1 Eye lamp, self-illuminating, magnifying
- 1 Eye cup
- 1 14 cm stainless steel bandage scissors
- 1 11.5 cm stainless steel sliver forceps
- 1 15 cm stainless steel thin nosed plier-type forceps
- 1 Universal scissors
- 1 Penlight or flashlight
- 36 14 cm x 19 cm wound cleansing towelettes, individually packaged
- 1 150 ml liquid antibacterial soap
- 6 Cold packs
- 100 Sterile adhesive dressings, assorted sizes, individually packaged
- 48 Sterile skin closures, individually packaged
- 6 20 cm x 25 cm sterile abdominal dressings, individually packaged
- 3 30 cm x 40 cm sterile abdominal dressings, individually packaged
- 6 Sterile eye pads, individually packaged
- 200 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm gauze sponges
- 72 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm sterile gauze dressings, individually packaged
- 72 10 cm x 10 cm sterile gauze dressings, individually packaged
- 6 7.5 cm x 4.5 m crepe roller bandages
- 4 10 cm x 16.5 cm sterile pressure dressings with crepe ties
- 2 7.5 cm x 4.5 m adhesive crepe bandages
- 2 22.5 cm x 4.5 m rolls of adhesive tape
- 2 5 cm x 4.5 m rolls of adhesive tape
- 4 5 cm x 1.8 m conforming gauze bandages
- 4 7.5 cm x 4 m conforming gauze bandages
- 6 Cotton triangular bandages, minimum length of base 1.25 m
- 4 SAM splints or quick splint equivalent
- 1 #0l 4.5 m tubular finger bandage with applicator
- 1 Kidney basin
- 1 Wash basin
- 1 Cold instrument sterilizer with supply of non-rusting germicidal solution
- 1 Chair suitable for treating injured worker with a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
- 1 Bed approximately 2 m long X 75 cm wide, with a mattress having a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
- 2 Pillows with a non-porous surface or covered with a non-porous material
- 4 Sheets
- 1 Portable urinal, if overnight care may be required
- 1 Bedpan, if overnight care may be required
- Patient assessment charts
- First aid records
At a remote workplace (more than 2 hours’ surface travel time to a hospital), a first-aid room should be equipped to provide reasonable overnight care for two injured workers and be used exclusively for first-aid purposes.