Workplace First Aid Kit Requirements

First Aid Kit # 2
15 (1) Where there are more than one and fewer than 20 employees regularly employed on any one shift at a worksite, the employer shall provide a Number 2 or a Number 3 First Aid Kit.

(2) A Number 2 First Aid Kit shall contain:

(a) 1 first aid guide;

(b) 1 first aid record book, or instructions on how first aid treatment records are to be maintained;
Clause 15(2)(b) amended: O.I.C. 2001-401, N.S. Reg. 104/2001.

(c) 1 pencil;

(d) 12 safety pins;

(e) 1 splinter tweezers;

(f) 1 pair of 100 mm scissors;

(g) 2 pairs of disposable latex gloves or gloves made of material that provides an equivalent level of protection against the spread of infections or contagious conditions;

(h) at least the following individually wrapped dressings:

(i) 2 sterile bandage compresses (100 mm X 100 mm),

(ii) 24 sterile adhesive dressings (25 mm wide),

(iii) 16 sterile pads (75 mm X 75 mm),

(iv) 6 triangular bandages (1 m), and

(v) 2 roller bandages (50 mm wide);

(i) one roll of adhesive tape (25 mm wide by 2.5 m long);

(j) at least the following antiseptics:

(i) disinfectant in the form of

(A) a 100 ml bottle of an adequate antiseptic, or

(B) 12 individually wrapped towellettes with an adequate antiseptic, and

(ii) 24 hand cleaners;

(k) one marked plastic bag for disposal of biohazardous waste; and

(l) one airway barrier device for rescue breathing.

First Aid Kit # 3
16 (1) Where there are more than 20 and fewer than 50 employees regularly employed on any one shift at a worksite, the employer shall provide a Number 3 First Aid Kit.

(2) A Number 3 First Aid Kit shall contain:

(a) 1 first aid guide;

(b) 1 first aid record book, or instructions on how first aid treatment records are to be maintained;
Clause 16(2)(b) amended: O.I.C. 2001-401, N.S. Reg. 104/2001.

(c) 1 pencil;

(d) 12 safety pins;

(e) 1 splinter tweezers;

(f) 1 pair of 100 mm scissors;

(g) 4 pairs of disposable latex gloves or gloves made of material that provides an equivalent level of protection against the spread of infections or contagious conditions;

(h) at least the following individually wrapped dressings:

(i) 6 sterile bandage compresses (100 mm x 100 mm),

(ii) 32 sterile adhesive dressings (25 mm wide),

(iii) 32 sterile pads (75 mm x 75 mm),

(iv) 6 triangular bandages (1 m),

(v) 3 roller bandages (50 mm wide);

(i) 2 rolls of adhesive tape (25 mm wide by 2.5 m long)(j) at least the following antiseptics:

(i) disinfectant in the form of

(A) a 100 ml bottle of an adequate antiseptic, or

(B) 12 individually wrapped towellettes with an adequate antiseptic, and

(ii) 24 hand cleaners;

(k) one marked plastic bag for disposal of biohazardous waste; and

(l) one airway barrier device for rescue breathing.