The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act requires minimum standards for first aid boxes, stations and trained first aiders. The first aid kit(s) must at all time be in the charge of a certified first aid provider and should be located where it is easily accessible for that person. The following steps should be completed at the beginning of each school year.
- Check the First Aid Kit and restock, as needed.
- Survey the staff to identify individuals who hold current first aid certificates (must have been issued certificate within the previous two years) ;
- Advise the Environmental Health and Safety Office of the name(s) of the first aider(s) in your location or if you do not have a qualified first aider.
- Post the names of qualified first aider(s) near the first aid box(es).
While a semi-annual inventory check of the contents will help to ensure the contents of the kit(s)meet the requirements of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, it is recommended that contents be ordered as required throughout the year. Re-stocking of the first aid kits is the responsibility of the Principal/Manager at each location
FIRST AID KITS
The following lists of supplies are required by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.
The Peel District School Board recommends that at least one first aid box be equipped with a Cardio Pulmonary Respiration Barrier Mask and Latex gloves.
5 - 15 Employees:
- current edition of St. John Ambulance First Aid, Emergency Care Instruction Services or Canadian Red Cross, standard level manual.
- 1 card of safety pins
- dressings consisting of:
- 24 adhesive dressings (bandaids)
- 12 sterile gauze pads, 3" x 3"
- 4 rolls - 2" gauze bandage
- 4 rolls - 4" gauze bandage
- 4 sterile pressure dressing pads
- 6 triangular bandages
- 2 rolls splint padding
- 1 roll up splint
- emergency airway
- surgical gloves
15 - 200 Employees:
- current edition of St. John Ambulance First Aid, Emergency Care Instruction Services or Canadian Red Cross, standard level manual.
- 24 safety pins
- 1 basin, preferably stainless steel
- dressings consisting of:
- 48 adhesive dressings (bandaids)
- 2 rolls adhesive tape, 1"
- 12 rolls of 1" gauze bandage
- 48 sterile gauze pads 3" x 3"
- 8 rolls 2" gauze bandage
- 8 rolls 4" gauze bandage
- 6 sterile pressure dressing pads
- 12 triangular bandages
- splints of assorted sizes
- emergency airway
- surgical gloves
No medication of any kind should be contained in the first aid box. First Aiders are not qualified under Ontario legislation to dispense medication, which includes aspirin, acetaminophen, antacids, antiseptic powders or ointments, etc.
Section 2.8
Approved 1995
Revised 1997
Revised 2000
Revised 2001
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