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The BSi (British Standard Institute) have recently published the very first national standard for first aid kits. The new BS8599-1 British Standard Workplace First Aid Kits offers a new comprehensive product to cover employees in most workplace situations. This standard replaces the BHTA-HSE kits 10, 20 and 50, that are currently universally used in the UK, and are based on the HSE guidelines. The Current BHTA standard was published in 1997, and is long overdue a review. The BHTA standard will be withdrawn from 31st December 2011.
The new BS8599-1 Workplace First Aid Kits have been designed by industry experts to meet the needs of the modern workplace. They make selection much easier and safer for all employers and are now truly fit for purpose. This national standard brings the UK in line with most European member states and removes the risk that the UK could be ‘carried along without a voice’, should any attempt at European normalisation be introduced in the future.
The new workplace kits mark a real improvement in provision, they are professionally designed by industry experts. They now incorporate a wider range of products that are typically used, including the items that the HSE suggests should be part of a first aid kit.
BHTA, and the HSE all stress the importance of risk assessment to decide on first aid kit needs, the new kits have a useful guide to give employers the tools to match their risk assessment to the kits provided, in a similar way to the guidance given by the HSE to decide on how many, and what level of first aiders are needed.
Basic staples such as plasters and wipes have been increased in quantity, in line with consistent customer feedback.
New additions include finger dressings, previously the smallest dressing was 12cm2; foil survival blanket(s) to keep patients warm, a recommended treatment for clinical shock; paramedic shears, to remove clothing from a wound site and allow the wound to be dressed; gel soaked burns dressing, allowing burns to be covered and cooled en route to casualty; resuscitation devices to protect first aiders from infection and increased quantities of gloves. Whilst the new kits are more costly than the outgoing ones, the items contained are those that are actually used, reducing the expenditure needed on additional materials.
For further details please download our information leaflet below
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