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Hi All New to the forums, and not an IOSH or H&S professional, but responsible for some H&S queries/admin etc. We took the move this year to have first aiders keep a personal first aid kit (supplied by the Company) that they must keep stocked from a central stock cupboard. This was suggested by SJA when doing re-training recently. We feel this is better, as otherwise the stocks of the communal first aid kits were being pilfered, and nobody was held accountable for its contents. I wondered what you favour in your organisations? We're about 25 employees, in a manufacturing company. Thanks in advance!
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http://forum.iosh.co.uk/posts/t128665-first-aid-kit-seals
From the forum a recent post regarding FAAW pilfering which also gives some feed back on where others have their kits Personally not a fan of individual kits as you multiply the content by the number of first aiders which also equates to a lot of wastage when dates expire or you have the awkward days when the First Aider has forgotten / lost their locker key to get at their kit
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samf on 23/07/2019(UTC), samf on 23/07/2019(UTC)
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http://forum.iosh.co.uk/posts/t128665-first-aid-kit-seals
From the forum a recent post regarding FAAW pilfering which also gives some feed back on where others have their kits Personally not a fan of individual kits as you multiply the content by the number of first aiders which also equates to a lot of wastage when dates expire or you have the awkward days when the First Aider has forgotten / lost their locker key to get at their kit
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samf on 23/07/2019(UTC), samf on 23/07/2019(UTC)
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Good points, thank you :)
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I working in a manufacturing plant with 85ish employees. We have a central cupboard in the first aid room. Several plaster stations dotted about. A first aid kit in the office kitchen area. The first aiders on the factory floor also have bum bags with essentials in incase the injured party can't get to the 1st aid room. Beyond this we also have first aid kits on our lorries for the drivers (4 of them). Probably overkill. However the bum bags came in at around £5, and the lorry ones only sligthly more, so cost benefit seems to say it is a good idea.
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Our offices are a bit spread out and we have just replaced all our kits as it was too much trouble to weed out the out of date stuff and order loads of bits and pieces. We donated our out of date stuff to our first aider trainer to use on his courses. We opted for several small kits in our office areas as we don't have a centralised first aid room. We now have more kits but smaller ones which we think will meet our needs better. We don't get a lot of pilfering - occasionally someone will take a plaster to cover a non-work sustained cut but we don't count that as pilfering as it is preferable for them to keep all such wounds covered in the workplace.
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Absolutely everywhere.
The last couple of jobs I've had I've inherited a situation where the previous incumbent appears to have been sponsored by the Red Cross. My present workplace has a ratio of 1 first aid kit between every three employees normally on site. We're not a particularly high risk environment. I'll probably reduce the numbers at some point soon.....
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Thanks for the inputs! Glad to see it varies, depending on the situation.
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