There is no mandatory list of items for a first-aid container. However, the HSE recommends that, where there is no special risk, a minimum provision of first-aid contents would be:
- A leaflet giving general advice on first aid.
- Twenty individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings (assorted sizes).
- Two sterile eye pads.
- Four individually wrapped triangular bandages.
- Six safety pins.
- Six medium-sized (12cm x 12cm) individually wrapped sterile unmedicated wound dressings.
- One pair of disposable gloves.
Equivalent or additional items are acceptable.
Source: Guidance on First Aid for Schools: A Good Practice Guide.
