First Aid Kit Supplies
The availability of First Aid kits with appropriate content must be ensured at all BASF sites for initial
treatment of minor and severe injuries.
The equipment and number of First Aid kits should be chosen with consideration of the:
• availability of other health services
• number of workers, and
• workplace specific hazards at the site.
First Aid kits should always be easily accessible and located near areas where accidents could
occur. It should be possible to access them within one or two minutes.
Each First Aid kit must be assigned to a responsible party to ensure that the kit is maintained and
fully stocked.
The kit container should:
• protect the contents from heat, humidity and dust.
• be clearly labeled with the words "First Aid" and with a cross or a crescent on a contrasting
background, and
• be lockable, but also kept accessible.
First Aid Kit Contents
Simple medications may be kept in the kit (e.g. analgesics or antacids), only if there is no First Aid
room or plant clinic at the site. Nothing should be provided that is not available for purchase by the
general public. The contents should include:
• Bandages and pressure dressings in different sizes.
• Gauze pads 10 x 10 cm and 7.5 x 7.5 cm.
• 1 major wound compress.
• Individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings and strips.
• Sterile sheets for burns and burn dressing packs.
• Sterile eye pads.
• Triangular bandages.
• 2 adhesive tape rolls (2.5 cm).
• Penlight or flashlight with batteries.
• Safety pins.
• A pair of scissors.
• Antiseptic solution.
• At least one blanket (in the vicinity of the First Aid kit).
• 2 pairs of thin nitrile gloves.
• Resuscitation equipment such as a pocket mask.
• First Aid Guide.
• Directions for requesting emergency assistance.
• 1 contents card.
• Materials for documentation of First Aid response.
• Shields and other devices necessary to provide protection against blood-borne pathogens.
Documentation
• Use of supplies and medications contained in the kits should be documented.
• Acceptable means of documentation, verified by a responsible party (i.e. First Aider or Site Ecology)
include:
• Sign out sheet
• Completion of a notification form
• Occupationally related use of the contents of the First Aid kit may require completion of an
incident report.
